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
03438874Verified at Companies House · checked 4 November 2026
Registered as VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LIMITED · Active · incorporated 1997
View on the registerTALENT CONSULTING
15105661Verified at Companies House · checked 4 November 2026
Registered as TALENT CONSULTING LIMITED · Active · incorporated 2023
View on the registerATOS
03290446Verified at Companies House · checked 4 November 2026
Registered as ATOS LIMITED · Active · incorporated 1996
View on the registerSource: ATRS record · last updated Wed Aug 05 2026