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title: "Defence AI Centre Tech Enablers Accelerator"
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# Defence AI Centre Tech Enablers Accelerator

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ef2c4215-9056-42c3-a008-a8e404c85095

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract for the Defence AI Centre Tech Enablers Accelerator project to Capgemini UK. The contract, valued at £729,000 GBP, falls under the services category of Systems and technical consultancy services. The procurement method used was Competitive quotation (below threshold). The contract period is from 7th November 2023 to 15th March 2024, with the tender period ending on 29th September 2023. The project is located in England, United Kingdom.

This tender from the Ministry of Defence presents an opportunity for service providers specialising in technical consultancy services to compete for accelerating AI technical enablers. As the contract value is within a limited procurement threshold, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate. Businesses with expertise in AI project deployment, data accessibility, AI model management, and integration are well-suited to support the Ministry of Defence in achieving its technical objectives at pace.

## Notice

The DAIC is seeking a provider (or group of providers) to provide a suitably experienced technical team to accelerate our Technical Enablers for AI line of effort. This "Accelerator" package of work will support the DAIC in delivering our immediate technical objectives at pace. In essence this work will provide an initial "Technology Office" for the DAIC, working to the DAIC Technical Head. The supplier should provide technical expertise so that the DAIC is able to deliver enabling capability for AI. This expertise will support four goals: a) Identifying the required technical enabling capability, options, and approaches/designs, leading to the development of a Technical Enablers strategy and roadmap. b) Developing and managing requirements we will need to be prioritised and delivered by the wider Defence Digital and Digital Foundry technology programmes. c) Iterative design, development and testing of initial enabling capabilities and processes, through prototyping to MVP/Alpha-level maturity. The key priorities within this work will include: a. Facilitating AI project deployment to different platform environments; b. Supporting the availability of, and accessibility to, AI Ready data; and; c. De-risking of AI model management and integration. d. Definition of, and knowledge transfer to, an enduring technical enablers team

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e93ef140-d2d2-431b-b85d-1aaf910416e8 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Competitive quotation (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Sep 2023 |
| Contract period | 7 Nov 2023 - 15 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £729,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £729,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2HB |
| 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 | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CAPGEMINI |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 28 Nov 2023 at 10:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e93ef140-d2d2-431b-b85d-1aaf910416e8

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e93ef140-d2d2-431b-b85d-1aaf910416e8
  28th November 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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