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Guidelines for AI procurement

Incorporated Guidance

Guiding principles for buying AI in government: multidisciplinary teams, data assessment, impact assessment, market engagement, routes to market, governance, explainability, evaluation and lifecycle/contract management.

Why this source matters

Core source for buy-vs-build, requirements, lock-in, ethics-in-procurement and pre-market data/impact assessment FAQs.
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Source details

ID
guidelines-ai-procurement
Organisation
Office for Artificial Intelligence / Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) (with GDS, Government Commercial Function, Crown Commercial Service)
Type
Guidance
Status
Incorporated
Priority
1
URL
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidelines-for-ai-procurement/guidelines-for-ai-procurement
Audience
  • commercial / procurement
  • SROs
  • digital delivery teams
  • DDaT professionals
  • suppliers
Themes
  • Procurement
  • Buying-Ai
  • Vendor-Management
  • Ethics
  • Data-Governance
  • Assurance
Related FAQ themes
  • buying-building
  • delivery-assurance
  • lawful-ethical
Formats
HTML
Discovered via
original-backlog
Discovered on
2026-08-03

Notes

Catalogue previously pointed at an older/incorrect path; canonical document URL corrected on ingest. Crown copyright 2020 — check Knowledge Hub Procuring AI for newer route names (Procurement Act 2023 era).

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