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title: "Sustainable AI"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-059337"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS"
published: "2025-09-03"
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# Sustainable AI

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059337

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## Summary

The Department for Work & Pensions has completed the award stage for a contract titled "Sustainable AI", under the services category. The project was executed from 4th September 2025 to 2nd October 2025, focusing on incorporating sustainable practices in AI development within the UK public sector. The contract, valued at £12,000 gross, was delivered by IT Climate Ed, LLC, a small to medium-sized enterprise from the United States. The procurement was conducted using a direct method, specifically below the threshold and without competition, as per the legal framework UKPGA 2023/54. The service covered staff training across various UK regions, enhancing the department's capability in sustainable AI practices.

This procurement process offers substantial growth potential for businesses specialising in AI and sustainability. Companies that provide innovative solutions in developing sustainable AI technologies and training services have a strategic opportunity to collaborate with government entities, addressing the need for knowledge expansion in public sectors. Particularly, SMEs focusing on artificial intelligence's environmental impact and optimisation strategies could find this type of contract beneficial for establishing a robust portfolio within the UK market. Partnering with central government departments like the Department for Work & Pensions can enhance business credibility and open doors to larger and more diversified tenders in the future.

## Notice

AI is key to the departments strategy - understanding how we use it sustainably when developing services is key to the implementation of our strategy This course is designed to help develop capability * Week 1: Environmental Impact of AI, Measuring AI's carbon footprint * Week 2: Sufficiency best practices and applications * Week 3: AI optimization strategies (training and inference),ROI of sustainable AI * Week 4: capstone project presentations in the DWP Digital supplier management sphere This will provide some capability to key experts in the department and to validate appropriateness for a wider audience. This is a test and learn exercise to build capability and look at how the training can be used for a wider audience in an appropriate manner. Processed by SSCL

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053558-2025 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Contract period | 3 Sep 2025 - 2 Oct 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £10,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9NA |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IT CLIMATE ED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80511000 - Staff training services

## Release History

- 3 Sep 2025 at 13:06 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053558-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053558-2025
  3rd September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://itclimateed.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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