# Specialist Social Care Assessment AI Tool - Direct Award via G-Cloud 14

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Durham County Council.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Durham County Council](/buyers/durham-county-council/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Beam Up Ltd\.](/suppliers/beam-up/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £187,000
- Award date: 23 June 2025
- Published: 30 June 2025
- Contract start: 23 June 2025
- Contract end: 22 June 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9be848dc-4648-4420-b3e7-fe3e77f26d99-852005
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5e9b5a92-8d7c-4c07-84e0-a706d3dadf24

## Description

Durham County Council require the use of a purpose made AI tool for social workers to be utilised within AHS & CYPS to automate documentation using natural language processing and machine learning\. This specific tool will record audio, transcribe the audio and produce a specialist summary based on a template designed to support Durham County Council's requirements\. The system will be user friendly and simple to use for Social Workers with a varying technical skills and comfort\. The system is a fully secure web based system that will not need any specialist software and can be used by any of the Council's devices such as Smart Phone, Laptops, Tablet and Hybrid Machines\. Therefore a direct award via the G-Cloud 14 framework has been chosen in order to retain compatibility with the current standard tool being used by Social Workers in England\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9be848dc-4648-4420-b3e7-fe3e77f26d99-852005)