Awarded contract

AI Horizon Scanning Tool

Details

Buyer: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Supplier(s): Seerist UK Limited
Value: £44,698
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Subscription services
Published: 23 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

DESNZ requires a 12-month subscription to Seerist, an AI-powered horizon-scanning platform. The service will provide tailored open-source alerts, geopolitical analysis, forward-looking forecasts and location-based monitoring of critical energy infrastructure, improving situational awareness and operational reporting. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published23 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date23 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 October 2027in 12 months

About the buyer

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero buys as a central government body, with its own commercial directorate. Common goods and services are bought through Government Commercial Agency frameworks. A small business action plan runs from 2025 to 2028.

Pipeline notices give an 18-month forward look at planned opportunities.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-energy-security-net-zero.gov