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Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 23:19.

Opportunity overview

DSIT conducted National Measurement System (NMS) Programme market engagement activities from 20th August 2025 to 3rd September 2025 during which no alternative suppliers expressed an interest in delivering one of the proposed 9 separate NMS programmes in their entirety. DSIT therefore took the decision to retain the existing, aggregated contract structure of NMS for the multi-year period from 1st April 2026 onwards, in order to drive operational efficiencies, reduce administrative overheads, and create additional capacity with which to address wider business needs. Future NMS Programme iterations will conduct similar market engagement opportunities to explore the market’s appetite to deliver all, or some, of the NMS programmes.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

National Physical Laboratory

Match pending…
Published award value
£362.8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PYDB-8862-JBYM
Location
Middlesex, UKI75, TW11 0LW, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
prj_5458
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
DSIT conducted National Measurement System (NMS) Programme market engagement activities from 20th August 2025 to 3rd September 2025 during which no alternative suppliers expressed an interest in delivering one of the proposed 9 separate NMS programmes in their entirety. DSIT therefore took the decision to retain the existing, aggregated contract structure of NMS for the multi-year period from 1st April 2026 onwards, in order to drive operational efficiencies, reduce administrative overheads, and create additional capacity with which to address wider business needs. Future NMS Programme iterations will conduct similar market engagement opportunities to explore the market’s appetite to deliver all, or some, of the NMS programmes.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
prototypesDevelopment
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 3
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Id
GB-PPON-PVWZ-3216-PVQL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVWZ-3216-PVQL

Address

Street Address
22 Whitehall
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2EG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
National Physical Laboratory
Id
GB-PPON-PYDB-8862-JBYM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYDB-8862-JBYM

Address

Street Address
Hampton Road, Teddington
Locality
Middlesex
Postal Code
TW11 0LW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI75

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
DSIT NMS - NPL Energy and Environment
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71900000
Description
Laboratory services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
435,330,112
Amount
362,775,093
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYDB-8862-JBYM
Name
National Physical Laboratory

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Extension

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
011340-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
9 Feb 2026, 12:15
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
30 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2EG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 011340-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·