Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialist Social Care Assessment AI Tool - Direct Award via G-Cloud 14
Notice Description
Durham County Council require the use of a purpose made AI tool for social workers to be utilised within AHS & CYPS to automate documentation using natural language processing and machine learning. This specific tool will record audio, transcribe the audio and produce a specialist summary based on a template designed to support Durham County Council's requirements. The system will be user friendly and simple to use for Social Workers with a varying technical skills and comfort. The system is a fully secure web based system that will not need any specialist software and can be used by any of the Council's devices such as Smart Phone, Laptops, Tablet and Hybrid Machines. Therefore a direct award via the G-Cloud 14 framework has been conducted following Beam Up being identified as the sole provider of this system in a search, this will also retain continuity with the current standard tool being used by Social Workers in England.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5e9b5a92-8d7c-4c07-84e0-a706d3dadf24
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9be848dc-4648-4420-b3e7-fe3e77f26d99
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £187,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Jun 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 22 Jun 2025 - 22 Jun 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Christine Lundy
- Contact Email
- christine.lundy@durham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 03000260000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DURHAM
- Postcode
- DH1 5UQ
- Post Town
- Durham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC41 Durham
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- County Durham
- Electoral Ward
- Neville's Cross
- Westminster Constituency
- City of Durham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9be848dc-4648-4420-b3e7-fe3e77f26d99
30th June 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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