--- title: "OakSplash AI Tool" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEFRA" published: "2023-01-09" --- # OakSplash AI Tool Buyer: DEFRA Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-31ba92ca-a47d-456b-8d6a-1a767a8dd3e7.json) ## Summary The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking an academic partnership for the project titled "OakSplash AI Tool" in the IT software development services category. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with a deadline for submissions on January 24, 2023. The contract period is set to start on February 1, 2023, and end on January 31, 2024. The value of the contract is 120,000 GBP. The procurement method is an Open Procedure (below threshold) and the location is specified with postal code SW1P 3JR. This tender opportunity presented by Defra for the "OakSplash AI Tool" project is suitable for SMEs. Businesses that excel in IT software development services, specifically those with experience in Artificial Intelligence and environmental policy foresight, would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The project aims to collaborate on AI innovations and generate evidence for strategic policy priorities. Interested parties should focus on providing new forms of evidence and prototyping within the environmental policy domain to meet the project's objectives. ## Notice The Futures team of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for providing strategic foresight in support of the departments strategy and policy development. We use a range of futures methodologies to provide non-mainstream insight and generate novel forms of thinking and evidence. We have identified the strategic need to (1) explore innovations in AI as part of HMGs Artificial Intelligence Strategy and its application in environmental policy foresight generation and (2) provide new forms of evidence (e.g., narrative ) to strategic policy priorities (e.g., International Strategy, Land Use Change and Water) . We are therefore seeking an academic partnership to conduct collaborative prototyping and research on the use of Artificial Intelligence to identify and analyse various futural features , found within unstructured textual data. We are seeking to enter into an initial 9-month partnership with the possibility to extend to output evaluation ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/912f2b23-8eae-479e-a019-595e6522b1c4 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Jan 2023 | | Submission deadline | 24 Jan 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £120,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEFRA | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3JR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72212517 - IT software development services ## Release History - 9 Jan 2023 at 14:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/912f2b23-8eae-479e-a019-595e6522b1c4 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/912f2b23-8eae-479e-a019-595e6522b1c4 9th January 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bd98c90a-57b3-4f7c-95c3-b618b8f19846 20221021_OAK SPLASH_Overview Document-O - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/363a5eea-4781-40dd-b223-b662ada8c089 20230104-Technical Evaluation Document - OAK SPLASH_v3-final - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/517a31e7-ea3b-4fc0-8a32-71d2d7181530 Defra Terms and Conditions - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5ff22d20-fce5-4cfc-b643-c31d73b1518a DgC_Bidder_Pack_Core_Requirements_Below_Threshold - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ef900290-6415-43c5-b097-4de5c311d8e8 DgC_Bidder_Pack_Proc_Spec_Below_Threshold-OAK SPLASH v4.1 - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e2cafe38-bece-4cb5-8d39-5887b4da2e44 Form_Of_Tender ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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