AI Services Framework
What the buyer wrote
Yorkshire Water has made significant investments in its cloud data platform and has established an internal data science team. The organisation is now moving into a new phase of strategic maturity, aiming to apply AI in ways that deliver measurable value across the business. AI is recognised at the executive level as a priority capability to support efficiency, resilience, and improved customer service. YW operates in a heavily regulated environment, and any use of AI must align with regulatory requirements around transparency, ethics, security, and operational reliability. There are currently two priority domains for AI (although the scope of the framework will be for any AI/ML services req…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- AI Services Framework
- How they are buying
- Advertised, then negotiatedThe buyer talked terms with bidders rather than taking fixed offers.
- Type
- services
- Framework
- Yes: joining it lets you bid for call-offs without a new tender each time
- Work starts
- 1 Jan 2026
- Work ends
- 31 Dec 2030
- Where
- in the North East, in the North West, in Yorkshire and The Humber, in the East Midlands, in the West Midlands, in the East of England, in London, in the South East, in the South West
Who the buyer named
Ken Gaffney was the named contact on this notice. Questions closed on 27 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST.