AIRR Expansion AI Cloud Compute
A Prior Information Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- £214M
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 25 Sep 2025
- Delivery
- 16 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2030
- Deadline
- 30 Nov 2025 23:59
Concepts
Location
United Kingdom:
1 buyer
Description
This notice is to alert the market that the Authority, subject to approvals, has an upcoming requirement, to work with the following: A cloud provider - contracted to deliver scalable, state-of-the-art AI compute, delivered through a flexible cloud service. This capability will expand the capacity of the UK AI Research Resource, for use by the UK research and AI community.
CPV Codes
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 72315000 - Data network management and support services
- 72416000 - Application service providers
- 72500000 - Computer-related services
Other Information
This will consist of a core reserved capacity, with the option to scale up for extra capacity if required. Full details on the requirement and how to participate will be provided at the Tender Notice publish date. The authority reserves the right to revise this planned procurement notice to make further information available. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a227
- FTS 059707-2025