Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial
SW1A 2BQ
London
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
5000000
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73110000 - Research services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
AISI requires a Supplier to provide study participants and platform access for ~20 human uplift studies and 20-40 human impacts studies. The Supplier should provide recruitment and payment of study participants and a platform to enable communication with them where necessary. For each human uplift study we anticipate an average of 200 participants. Each study should last for ~4 hours. Most human impacts studies will be ~1000 participants, but could range between 400 and 25,000, and tasks range from 10 minutes to 90 minutes
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
To provide research services
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The contract was procured under CCS framework RM6200 Artificial Intelligence
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
con_8050
Title
AI Security Institute: Human Participant Recruitment and Platform Support
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21 August 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Prolific Research USA Inc
Delaware
Country
United States
NUTS code
- US - United States
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £5,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
22-26 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2EG
Country
United Kingdom