Expired contract

AI Live Testing Support

Details

Supplier(s)
ADVAI LTD
Value
£280,560
Duration
9 months
Topic
Financial information systems
Published
8 September 2025

Tender description

This contract is for AI assurance consultancy expertise to support the AI Live Testing service. The purpose of the contract is to enable the safe and responsible adoption of AI in UK financial services to unlock its potential for markets and consumers, whilst balancing its risks. FCA AI Live Testing, as part of the AI Lab, will explore the challenges that firms face before live AI deployment in UK financial markets. It aims to foster collaboration, develop shared understanding, and explore evaluation methods (e.g. model metrics) and potential frameworks or benchmarks that may facilitate safe and responsible AI use throughout its lifecycle, from input quality control to outcomes measurement. ## Contract award Title: AI Live Testing Support

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published8 September 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date8 September 2025
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date19 June 2026

About the buyer

The Financial Conduct Authority regulates the UK's financial services industry, and buys as a central government body with its own procurement function. Every tender runs through Atamis, the FCA's eTendering portal, with opportunities also advertised on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Larger contracts fall under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 once they pass a set threshold. Both pan-government and FCA-tendered framework agreements offer alternative routes to market. A Supplier Code of Conduct, updated in 2022, covers climate change, resilience and data protection standards for suppliers. An ethical procurement standard applies to purchases wherever possible.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Financial Conduct Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48812000 · Financial information systems
  • 66152000 · Financial market regulatory services
  • 72260000 · Software-related services

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