Awarded contract

Centre for AI Measurement

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): NPL Management Ltd
Value: £10,500,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 7 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Establishing a new Centre for AI Measurement. The Centre will host a programme of work to: a) Establish a centre of excellence focussed on enabling and accelerating the creation of new testing and evaluation tools for AI systems (the Centre for AI Measurement). b) Create a programme of research and development on good practice, evaluation and performance measures for AI systems, with a focus on highly capable AI systems. c) Support industry in developing, validating and verifying new products and services for AI assurance. d) Coordinate knowledge sharing and communication within the AI assurance sector, those furthering the science of measurement with regard to AI, and international partners. ## Contract award Title: Centre for AI Measurement

Timeline

Completed: Award published7 January 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date7 January 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

The Department for Science Innovation and Technology is a central government department, and a dedicated commercial directorate leads on its procurement work alongside project and delivery teams. Larger opportunities are advertised as notices on the Find a Tender Service. Common goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks. UK Shared Business Services, a shared-services provider, manages many of the department's lower-value procurements on its behalf. Low-value orders require multiple supplier quotes to ensure value for money. Supplier diversity targets guide how contracts reach small and medium-sized enterprises across the supply chain.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology's contract awards have been in IT services, research and development and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services

Decision makers

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