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AI Project Delivery & Development

Office for Students

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Office for Students

Buyer Address: Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UKK12, BS34 8SR, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@officeforstudents.org.uk

Contact Telephone: 0117 931 7149

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
657000.0 GBP
Published
17 Mar 2026, 16:54
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
17 Mar 2026, 00:00
Contract End
15 Mar 2027, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Unifeye Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The Data team in the Office for Students works as an enabler to the whole organisation providing insight and data as well as collecting and assuring data from higher education providers and supporting internal processes with automation and data visualisation.We have identified internal processes that can be transformed with AI and automation. Making use of our data platform (Azure and Databricks) we can provide significant time savings and improve process consistency. Development and exploitation of the platform will be key deliverables of this contract, as well as upskilling Data colleagues.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

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