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PS26218 - Market assessment to identify tools which are preventing businesses from securely adopting AI

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DSIT · published 14 Oct 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.

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Contracts Finder release ID927cdc51-b771-4877-bb17-f527f9cac892-917834
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-8e1dc489-738b-4d4a-919b-edca7ec397ce
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-272972
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
£78,000
award field
Tender value
£90,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
73110000
Research services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise via Government Commercial Agency RM6126 Research and Insights DPS for the provision of PS26218 - Market assessment to identify tools which are preventing businesses from securely adopting AI

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 release14 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published1 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published28 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published15 Jan 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 14 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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