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Tender: Provision of Specialist Teams for DBT AI³ (AI Lab, AI Factory, AI Operations) – Department for Business and Trade

Released 11 months ago

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Won byThe Dot Collective

Contract value£3.6M

Term2 yearsAug 2026 to Aug 2028

Awarded31 July 2026

With this buyerFirst contract1 contract in total

ClosesNot listed

Est. valueEstimate£70K to £4.4M

LocationUnited Kingdom

AgencyDepartment for Business & Trade

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryIT & Software

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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Digital, Data and Technology team is seeking a supplier for suitably skilled teams and individuals to support delivery of its AI³ model. The AI³ model includes an AI Lab for rapid, time-limited exploration and assessment of AI use cases, an AI Factory for developing and operationalising experiments into production-ready tools and components, and AI Operations for maintenance, scaling and operationalisation of AI solutions. Supplier resources will join relevant AI³ and project teams and work alongside and under the direction of Civil Servants within DBT Digital, Data and Technology on short- and long-term projects agreed via statements of work, requiring a variety of digital and data skills; further detail is in Appendix B of the ITP.

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