# UKRI-3797 AI Skills Hub

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research &amp; Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP](/contract-winners/pricewaterhousecoopers/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £4,148,645
- Tender value: £4,148,645
- Award date: 16 December 2024
- Published: 15 January 2025
- Contract start: 17 December 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 36fba24e-42b9-4081-a3df-3b0ec79e7c89-817331
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-71257738-2205-4998-9ff9-a523bf5808ab

## Description

Contract Award by United Kingdom research and Innovation through its component body Innovate for AI Skills Hub to UK business beneficiaries as part of a larger programme of activities that seek to stimulate adoption and diffusion of AI &amp; ML in the UK\. The skills hub will stimulate adoption by addressing one of the major barriers in AI adoption, identified by both government and industry surveys, as the gap in data and AI skills in the industry\. Achieving this objective will have a positive impact on underperforming sectors and on UK productivity, ensuring AI benefits all sectors of the UK economy\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36fba24e-42b9-4081-a3df-3b0ec79e7c89-817331)
