OpenAI Sector AI Evaluation Pilot

Title

OpenAI Sector AI Evaluation Pilot

Stage

award, contract

Buyer

JISC SERVICES LIMITED

Buyer id

GB-COH-02881024

Status

complete

Category

not on file

CPV

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CPV in words

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Estimated value

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Currency

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Released

2026-08-26T15:54:30+01:00

Tenders close

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Contract starts

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Contract ends

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Procedure

Direct award

Description

JSL is in advanced negotiations to agree a contract with the supplier. The provision of a time-limited evaluation service comprising access to OpenAI's proprietary enterprise AI environment, including ChatGPT Edu, OpenAI models, APIs, GPTs and associated enterprise platform capabilities. The evaluation includes ChatGPT Edu, Codex, OpenAI proprietary models, APIs, GPTs, agentic and research capabilities, enterprise administration and governance functionality, security controls, data residency options, support arrangements and associated services made available within the contracted OpenAI environment during the evaluation period. This evaluation will be made available to multiple UK further and higher education institutions with Jisc facilitating a coordinated, sector-wide approach that enables participation on consistent terms. The objective of this evaluation is to generate evidence on the onboarding, engagement needs, adoption, governance, security, technical integration, institutional value, commercial models and consumption of OpenAI's first-party AI environment across institutions with different underlying cloud, productivity, identity, data and application estates.

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-06ecf0

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