Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Centre for Process Innovation Limited · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Octaipipe Ltd SME, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Value
- £1,400,000 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 015554-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Nov 2024
- Published16 Apr 2025Published 141 days after the contract date
Description
The intended outcome from this lot is a Federated Learning platform that allows machine learning (ML) modelling of data from industrial assets and plants. The platform should allow building of ML models on the edge without the need to share data.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Building CPI’s capability in industrial connectivity, Federated Learning and data science methodologies: Federated Learning Platform | Octaipipe Ltd SME | £700k |
| Building CPI’s capability in industrial connectivity, Federated Learning and data science methodologies: Provision of training on standardisation of model development, version control, documentation | The University of Newcastle upon Tyne | £700k |
About the suppliers
Octaipipe Ltd: every public contract they have won.
The University of Newcastle upon Tyne: every public contract they have won.