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AwardedAwarded 16 March 2026

AI Project Delivery & Development

Office for Students · Central government

In brief

Office for Students awarded IT and software work to Unifeye Ltd on 16 March 2026.

The notice gives a value of £833,333 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 1 year, up to 2 years with extensions, starting 16 March 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

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.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Unifeye Ltd (SME)
19 bids received
£657,000
Awarded 11 February 2026
17 March 2026 to 15 March 2027

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 000055-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 012644-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 024278-2026

About the buyer

Office for StudentsLast 12 months

Procurements

15

Awards

9

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From notice 000055-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 2 January 2026, last updated 17 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.