---
title: "AI Sandbox"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078a62"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078a62.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "The Insolvency Service"
published: "2026-10-19"
---

# AI Sandbox

Buyer: The Insolvency Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078a62

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## Summary

The Insolvency Service bought short-term consultancy and specialist support to establish an AI Sandbox and develop a repeatable, AI-native way of working. The requirement is for IT services, covering the expertise and practical resource needed to set up the sandbox and embed an approach that can be used repeatedly. The work is for the Insolvency Service, a central government organisation. The delivery location is recorded as the United Kingdom.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Kyndryl, which also signed the contract. The requirement was called off from the G-Cloud 14 framework using a limited procedure without a prior competition. The contract was signed on 25 September 2026 and is valued at £30,000. The process was divided into one lot, described as a G-Cloud 14 call-off; its stated award criterion was price. The recorded bid statistics show one bid for the lot. The procurement and award are recorded as complete and active respectively, and the contract is active.

This award shows that the Insolvency Service has bought specialist consultancy and resource to establish an AI Sandbox and create a repeatable AI-native way of working. Suppliers competing for this specific requirement when it returns to market would need to demonstrate practical AI expertise, the ability to establish a sandbox, and experience translating that work into a repeatable operating approach. The short-term consultancy and specialist-resource model favoured a supplier able to provide focused expertise rather than a broad, unrelated IT offering. The buyer used a G-Cloud 14 framework call-off and evaluated on price, so framework access and competitive pricing would be relevant to a future competition using the same route. The selected supplier was a large IT services business.

## Notice

Short-term consultancy and specialist resource to establish an AI Sandbox and create a repeatable AI-native way of working.

### Procurement Information

Framework call off GC14

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098307-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Insolvency Service |
| Locality | STRATFORD |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E20 1HZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham |
| Local authority | Newham |
| Electoral ward | Stratford Olympic Park |
| Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Kyndryl UK Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2026 at 09:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098307-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service

## Provenance

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