Tender opportunities
Current opportunities
1. Provision of an AI Technological Solution to Safeguard and Protect
Funded Athletes and Coaches from Online Abuse
The increasingly digital world
we live in has fundamentally changed and impacted the world of sport. In a
crowded sporting ecosystem, Olympic and Paralympic sport challenges for reach
and resonance across a four-year period. The role of an athlete has changed
too, with social media platforms providing unprecedented access to elite
athletes like never before. In capitalising on this fandom, athletes are now
24/7 brands, content creators, influencers, entrepreneurs, and advocates for a
wide range of social causes.
Bu with increased visibility
and access, comes increased scrutiny. Scrutiny of our athlete’s performances,
their ethnicities, gender, disabilities, the size and shape of their bodies and
so forth. This sits alongside public scrutiny of selection decisions that
Performance Directors and Coaches undertake.
As UK Sport continues to work
with Chairs and CEOs of approximately 50 British National Governing Bodies
(NGBs) of Olympic and Paralympic sports, as well as wider system partners to
explore the opportunity to improve the reach and relevancy of Olympic and
Paralympic sport, we believe now is the time to act to better protect and
safeguard funded athletes and coaches from online abuse.
UK Sport have recently
undertaken a scoping exercise to inform the development of support and
safeguarding for athletes and coaches on the World Class Programme (WCP). The
work provided us with a series of recommendations, one of which was the
procurement of an AI technological solution.
Following the recommendations, UK Sport would now like to
appoint an AI technological solution to support us through the Los Angeles
Cycle (April 2025 to March 2029).
Download the tender document for 'Provision of an AI Technological Solution to Safeguard and Protect Funded Athletes and Coaches from Online Abuse'.
Deadline: 17 February, 5pm (GMT)
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2. Provision of Major Events Strategic Support Services
The UK is a leading destination for hosting world class major and mega sporting events. At UK Sport, our role is to continue to secure the world's most impactful sporting events that resonate with and reach the British public. To do this, we work in partnership with National Governing Bodies, Local Authorities, Government Partners and event delivery agents on feasibility, bidding, planning and delivery.
We have identified strategic hosting targets as part of the UK Sport’s strategic mission to create the greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments; reaching, inspiring and uniting the nation.
Following the strategic prioritisation of international major sporting event opportunities, UK Sport intends to provide a range of funded projects and services to support stakeholders and UK Sport to support the securing and delivery of these events.
This RFQ seeks to identify a cohort of agencies / consultants who are able to provide expert technical services in one or more of the following areas:
- Providing Major Events Strategy support
- Conducting event feasibility studies
- Compiling and supporting the business planning and funding applications
- Supporting the bidding process to international federations
- Event project management support
Work will be either commissioned directly by UK Sport on behalf of NGBs, local authorities and / or partners or through direct engagement. Please note, work will be commissioned as and when required; being admitted on to this framework is not a guarantee of work. The framework will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Download the tender document for 'Provision of Major Events Strategic Support Services'.
Deadline: 21 February (for expressions of interest)
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Future opportunities and procurement
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UK Sport believes that reaching out to a wider range of more diverse businesses is vital for creating a stronger, fairer, and more inclusive sporting system and society. We are committed to improving our supplier diversification by proactively seeking to procure goods and services from a greater number of businesses owned by people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, women, people with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community.
For further information please review our sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion procurement guide.