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Published 15 Feb 2024, 13:42 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Amendment to 'Creating suites of tasks (‘evals’) to use in the evaluation of AI Systems

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£155,012published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Feb 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Rethink Priorities

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Corrigendum is to publish an update on a Time & Value extension of a Contract, previously published on Find a Tender on 15/02/24.

The contract now expires 29/03/24, and is now valued at £232,517.64.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Creating suites of tasks (‘evals’) to use in the evaluation of AI systemsAwarded
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Feb 2024, 13:42 GMT
Last source update
19 Mar 2024, 09:03 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008747
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043a6f Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Award of a Contract without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with PCR2015 Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. The services can only be supplied by Rethink Priorities owing to technical reasons.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    19 Mar 2024, 09:03 GMT
Published amendments (1)

This Corrigendum is to publish an update on a Time & Value extension of a Contract, previously published on Find a Tender on 15/02/24. The contract now expires 29/03/24, and is now valued at £232,517.64.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £155,0121 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Rethink PrioritiesSME£155,012 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 005098-2024-1 · Rethink PrioritiesSME

    Signed
    15 Feb 2024
    Value
    £155,012
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityCentral Government London, UKContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Department for Science, Innovation and TechnologyContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services London, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Science, Innovation and TechnologyReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.