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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Supply of Semiconductor Metrology NMI

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 08:48.

Opportunity overview

NPL will create new semiconductor metrology capabilities to improve the UK’s infrastructure for pre-competitive semiconductor innovation, supporting investment and growth in next-generation materials and processes. The project will create metrology capability to support the manufacture of advanced semiconductor materials for end use in power electronics, radio frequency (RF) communications, and optoelectronics. New capabilities will be hosted at NPL and academic partners and made available to UK industry to de-risk investments, support growth, and secure access to international markets.

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.

NPL Management Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
£1.2m
Awarded
8 Sept 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02937881
Location
Teddington, 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
ocds-h6vhtk-0596e0
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
NPL holds sovereign authority under the Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre), an international treaty signed by the UK in 1884. This treaty designates a single National Metrology Institute (NMI) per country to ensure the integrity and international comparability of measurement standards. In the UK, NPL is the designated NMI, which means it is the only body legally empowered to develop and maintain national measurement standards across most domains

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
prototypesDevelopment
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Roles

buyer

Address

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

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PVWZ-3216-PVQL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-02937881
Name
NPL Management Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

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

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
02937881
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
9 Sept 2025, 00:00
Title
Semiconductor Metrology for UK Growth
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research services

Value

Amount
1,200,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,200,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
055097-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
9 Sept 2025, 15:22
Entry 2
Id
055179-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
9 Sept 2025, 17:40

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02937881
Name
NPL Management Limited

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
19 Sept 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
19 Sept 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
18 Sept 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Semiconductor Metrology
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
22 Sept 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Not more than £5M including VAT and contract is for specialist research which would be hard to set applicable KPIs

Value

Amount
1,200,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,200,000

Period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
22 Sept 2025, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-6236
Format
application/pdf
Document Type
contractSigned
Entry 2
Id
065240-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
14 Oct 2025, 14:52

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0596e0-2025-10-14T14:52:53+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·