PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Nexus AI

Depart for Work and Pensions · published 29 Sept 2025. 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 ID4057c185-3b78-4d1c-a226-f004ad09532a-865938
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-1f5d92fe-bb68-4c92-8792-5b519a242d18
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-325443
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
£9,000,000
award field
Tender value
£27,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
72000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Authority requires a strategic Supplier capable of meeting requirements related to the exploration, deployment, and ongoing support of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and services. These include, but are not limited to: Tech Spikes, Horizon Scans, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), Software Trial Teams, working with colleagues to identify business problems, supply expertise to build Beta MVP products and maintain / support products that have gone Live.

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.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release29 Sept 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Jun 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published14 Sept 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published14 Sept 2026
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

IBM UK Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 Sept 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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