# Contract Award Notice - DDAI/197 - Enterprise AI, Modelling and Simulation Core and Embedded Teams

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Defence](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [PA Consulting Services Limited](/contract-winners/pa-consulting-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £19,000,000
- Tender value: £19,000,000
- Award date: 9 June 2025
- Published: 13 August 2025
- Contract start: 9 June 2025
- Contract end: 31 May 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 906114df-5a04-4708-8feb-b75e77975c07-858923
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7557e650-c6fe-48c0-8bb4-75d310e737b3

## Description

Contract Award Notice for DDAI/197 - Enterprise AI, Modelling and Simulation Core and Embedded Teams contract\. Competed through Lot 2 - Dev, Apps, UX, Dev Ops, Sys Design & Support - of the Digital and IT Professional Services \(DIPS\) framework \(RM6249\)\. Procurement of a Core Support Service to enable the Defence Synthetics Service to deliver a pan-Defence capability supporting Modelling & Simulation \(M&S\) and enterprise Artificial Intelligence \(AI\)\. The services under this contract will support the Defence Synthetics Service in accelerating the deployment of new programmes, enhance existing capabilities, and maximise the value of pan-Defence M&S and AI through a services-based approach\. The service will also provide scalable support for embedded delivery teams to meet new requirements, whether from Synthetics, or known customers such as the Defence Modelling and Simulation Office and the Defence AI Centre\. The contract will adopt outcome-based Statements of Work \(SoW\) in alignment with the DIPS framework \(RM6249\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/906114df-5a04-4708-8feb-b75e77975c07-858923)