UK framework usage data 2008-2013
The usage of framework agreements in the UK increased significantly between 2008 and 2012 but appears to be tapering off. Data for 2013 is incomplete as it runs only until August.
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Infraestruturas de Portugal AI agent procurement: open weight models, OCR/RAG and deployment
Today's post continues to look into the substantive elements of the Infraestruturas de Portugal procurement process for BIA. It will start by discussing open weight models before moving on to OCR (optical character recognition) and RAG (retrieval augmented generation) before concluding with the deployment plans for BIA. It
Some comments on the Commission's procurement public consultation report
The EU procurement consultation shows low participation and a divide: public buyers want flexibility, businesses prefer clear rules. Shared trends include less focus on lowest price and competition, but results may be unrepresentative.
Infraestruturas de Portugal AI agent procurement: bots, agents and open source
Infraestruturas de Portugal’s BIA AI procurement is criticized as overly ambitious and risky. The post highlights security concerns with AI agents and challenges the “open source” requirement, noting most AI models are only open weights, raising legal and technical issues.
Infraestruturas de Portugal AI Agent procurement: contract price, cost and award criteria
After the first entry and yesterday's one on the object of the Infraestruturas de Portugal attempt to procure an AI agent, it is time to look into the contract value and its cost. Those may look as synonyms but are not. The award criteria will be covered in