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PS25389 - AI-assisted signposting prototype to improve access to advice on the Acas website

UK SBS

Awarded
services
SME-friendly

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Key details

Contracting authority
UK SBS
other
Region
Swindon
Delivery: British Oversea Territories
Contract value
£92,700ex VAT
Submissions closed
20 February 2026
Published
27 April 2026

Procurement

Contract period
22 April 2026 - 11 August 2026
4 months
Procedure type
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
CPV classifications
  • 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

What happened

UK SBS awarded this contract to Answer Digital worth £927,000 on 16 Apr 2026. The contract runs until 11 Aug 2026.

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS DPS RM6200 Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Brief Description of Requirement The purpose of this procurement is to design, prototype, and evaluate an AI-chatbot experience for a single, agreed-upon advice topic, and to generate robust evidence of its impact compared with the existing website experience.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Answer Digital
Award value
£927,000
Award date
16 April 2026

Contact

Address
Polaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FF
Contact name
Kallista Thomas

Identifiers

Buyer reference
tender_519437/1571738
Notice ID
53e628b3-aab0-4ae3-a82e-800d30f26eac-894775
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-fa82a31a-22bd-426a-9e99-5fbf59bee6c3

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