MHCLG · beta pilot

Safer Greener Buildings Building Image Recognition Tool

"Ascertains an accurate estimate of residential building height and an understanding of the external wall system materials used."

Publicly known

  • Owner: MHCLG
  • Vendor: Urban Tide

Undisclosed

  • Model architecture
  • Model performance benchmarks
  • Training data provenance

Who is actually being paid

Urban Tide

09222463

Role

The suppliers’ contractual role is to develop, run and platform the algorithms. They will package the algorithms as a product and document the tool ready for handover to MHCLG ahead of the end of the contract.

Procurement procedure

Via a call-off contract which is a contract between a supplier and buyer for the provision of services, goods or works. Using the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is a type of commercial agreement available through Crown Commercial Service (CCS) that allows suppliers to join at any time during the agreement’s life.

Data access terms

Limited access while the contract is ongoing to specific data with requirement to delete and confirm deletion following the contract finishing.

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Source: ATRS record · last updated Mon Apr 28 2025