Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 10 Apr 2024, 14:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Assisted Model Security Red Teaming with Human Experts

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£160,750published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 12 Mar 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Turing Innovations Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Find a Tender Service Contract Award Notice is for Transparency purposes. The original Contract Award Notice was published on Contract Finder, due to the Value being under the Find a Tender Service threshold.

Due to a contract variation, the contract is now above the Find a Tender Service threshold, so for transparency we are publishing this FTS Contract Award Notice.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Assisted Model Security Red Teaming with Human ExpertsAwarded

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
10 Apr 2024, 14:10 BST
Last source update
10 Apr 2024, 14:10 BST
Authority reference
prj_2994
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011642
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045113 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 Turing Innovations Limited , owing to technical reasons.

Publisher note: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: 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 Turing Innovations Limited owing to technical reasons.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £160,7501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Turing Innovations LimitedSME£160,750 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Assisted Model Security Red Teaming with Human Experts · Turing Innovations LimitedSME

    Signed
    12 Mar 2024
    Value
    £160,750
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science Innovation and Technology

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 100 Parliament Street, London, UK, SW1A 2BQContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview 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.