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title: "Provision of a Strategic Partnership for Delivery of Intelligent Intake Orchestration & Autonomous Sourcing Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07899f"
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# Provision of a Strategic Partnership for Delivery of Intelligent Intake Orchestration & Autonomous Sourcing Service

Buyer: Crown Commercial Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07899f

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## Summary

The Government Commercial Agency (GCA) bought a digital procurement assistant to guide users through key stages of procurement using its existing and future commercial agreements, including frameworks, dynamic markets and other routes to market. The service covers intake triage, AI-supported searches for requirements and AI-assisted preparation of tender documents, providing an end-to-end journey. This is a digital procurement and information technology service, delivered for use across the United Kingdom. The requirement is intended to help users navigate GCA’s commercial routes and produce procurement documentation, rather than provide a general-purpose AI tool.

The procurement is complete: Cognizant Worldwide Limited was selected through a competitive award under a framework. The award was made on 16 October 2026 and the contract was signed on 21 October 2026. Its value is £20 million excluding VAT (£24 million including VAT). The contract runs from 26 October 2026 to 31 March 2030, with one or more extensions permitted up to a combined maximum of 18 months, taking the latest possible end date to 30 September 2031. There was one lot. The published process information does not set out the detailed evaluation criteria or participation requirements.

This award shows demand from the GCA for an integrated digital procurement service that combines intake triage, AI-supported requirement search and AI-assisted tender-document generation across frameworks, dynamic markets and other commercial routes. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to demonstrate the ability to connect these functions into a coherent end-to-end user journey, support adoption across procurement channels and reduce procurement cycle times. The contract’s agreed performance measures focus on end-to-end cycle-time reduction, service adoption and channel shift, so suppliers should be prepared to evidence outcomes in those areas as well as the capability to deliver and operate the service at central-government scale.

## Notice

Government Commercial Agency (GCA) is the Buyer and is procuring a digital procurement assistant tool to support users through key stages of the procurement journey via GCA's current and future commercial agreements, including frameworks, dynamic markets and other commercial routes to market. It provides an end-to-end journey including intake triage, AI-supported requirement search, and AI-assisted tender document generation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100159-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 26 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £20,000,000 |
| Contracts value | £20,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Crown Commercial Service |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 9PP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | City Centre North |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Cognizant Worldwide Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 22 Oct 2026 at 16:28 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100159-2026
- 16 Oct 2026 at 14:15 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097995-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100159-2026
  22nd October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097995-2026
  16th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24524

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cognizant.com
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04eac3
- https://www.gca.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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