DfE · pre deployment

Recruit an Apprentice AI Vacancy Quality Assurance API

"We are proposing an AI-driven system that cost-effectively automates key vacancy review checks such as spelling and grammar, duplicate detection, discrimination, geographic issues, and missing or inconsistent content, to significantly reduce the need for manual review."

Publicly known

  • Owner: DfE
  • Vendor: VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LIMITED, TALENT CONSULTING, ATOS

Undisclosed

  • Model architecture
  • Model performance benchmarks
  • Training data provenance

Who is actually being paid

Supplier arrangement · described jointly for all 3 suppliers

Role

VERSION 1: Role: Project coordination support, governance, policy guidance, review, business case development, business analysis ATOS Role: AI model construction, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Proof of Concept (POC) work, AI model testing, Software Development, Reporting, business case development, governance support. TALENT: Technical Architecture support (AI team), Software Developer - (Recruit an Apprentice team), Delivery management (AI team - contractor on behalf of Talent) Two DFE teams: Oversight, management, stakeholder engagement.

Procurement procedure

Atos & Version 1: OPEN bid. Joint bid between Version 1 (formerly Farsight Consulting) and Atos (also referred to as the Eviden brand) as part of a wider service contract to provide Data and AI services to the Apprenticeship Service. TALENT Consulting OPEN

Data access terms

No external data sharing with Contractors & third parties. Contractors access resources directly within the DfE estate using department managed devices & DfE managed cloud services only

VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LIMITED

03438874

Verified at Companies House · checked 4 November 2026

Registered as VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LIMITED · Active · incorporated 1997

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TALENT CONSULTING

15105661

Verified at Companies House · checked 4 November 2026

Registered as TALENT CONSULTING LIMITED · Active · incorporated 2023

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ATOS

03290446

Verified at Companies House · checked 4 November 2026

Registered as ATOS LIMITED · Active · incorporated 1996

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Source: ATRS record · last updated Wed Aug 05 2026