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Artificial Intelligence Innovation

Issued by Office of Rail and Road · via UK Find a Tender Service

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Published
24 Sept 2026
Closes
15 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC
Value
GBP 100,000
Reference
ORR CT 26-34
Location
United Kingdom
Sector
IT & Telecom
Type
services

Details

ORR is seeking a specialist Microsoft AI delivery partner to design, develop and implement three AI solutions within its Microsoft 365 environment. The requirement includes: (1) an AI-enabled records retention and SharePoint remediation solution to improve information governance, metadata management and retention compliance; (2) a Corporate Knowledge Agent to support knowledge discovery, evidence retrieval and expertise identification; and (3) a Strategic Workforce Planning Agent to support workforce forecasting, scenario modelling and resource planning. The scope includes discovery, solution design, development, configuration, testing, security assurance, deployment, documentation, training, knowledge transfer and handover, with all solutions to be fully operational and supported by ORR by project completion.

Context for bidders

We hold 4 notices from Office of Rail and Road, going back to September 2026 — 4 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Education & Training and IT & Telecom. There are 172 open IT & Telecom tenders in United Kingdom. This one closes in 21 days.

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