Ai Enabled Criminality - Legal Services

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£206,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Feb 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Simmons and Simmons

What is being bought

Published requirement description

HO seeking legal advice to advise on current legislation relating to Ai enabled criminality through a list of 27 questions.

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The UK government wants to create the right environment to harness the benefits of AI…Awarded

The UK government wants to create the right environment to harness the benefits of AI and remain at the forefront of technological developments. That includes getting the regulation right so that innovators can thrive, and the risks posed by AI can be addressed.

The Home Office is interested in how the advances in AI will have implications for public safety, with criminal adoption of AI likely to impact the volume, nature and consequences of crime and other harmful behaviour. In particular, we have seen risks stemming from the capability of generative AI to manipulate or generate synthetic content (commonly referred to as deepfakes) which can be used to commit offences in areas like fraud. Voice cloning, text-to-image and text-to-video generative AI is of particular concern.

Home Office are commissioning a law firm to review our assessment and identify potential gaps in relation to specific criminal offences that might require legislative changes to ensure public safety.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Apr 2024, 11:18 BST
Last source update: 8 Apr 2024, 11:18 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-011235
Classification (CPV): Legal services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045042 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: A direct award was permitted under Legal Services (CCS) Framework RM6179 Lot 2. This Framework will allow for Direct awards based on review to determine which suppliers are capable of meeting your needs by reviewing the capability matrix. The chosen supplier had the capabilities required.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £206,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Feb 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Simmons and SimmonsAi Enabled Criminality - Legal review	£206,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Ai Enabled Criminality - Legal review · Simmons and Simmons
Signed
13 Feb 2024
Value
£206,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Home Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Simmons and SimmonsAwarded supplier11352445 Aurora, Finzels Reach, Counterslip,, Bristol, UK, B61 6BX

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.