PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Skills England - AI Contract

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) · published 2 Nov 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID286fdc81-ddb4-4b16-8845-d3df3b57619c-920096
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-796a6e11-d917-4d22-b78e-1573bd9175c8
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-339703
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£225,211
award field
Tender value
£225,211
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73110000
Research services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Provision of research services to assess the impact of AI on workforce and skills demand within the Digital and Technology sector, identifying emerging skills needs, occupational changes and implications for future workforce planning and skills investment

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published18 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Apr 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Ipsos (market research) Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspect the official JSON release ↗