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Centre for AI Measurement

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 22:16.

Opportunity overview

Establishing a new Centre for AI Measurement. The Centre will host a programme of work to: a) Establish a centre of excellence focussed on enabling and accelerating the creation of new testing and evaluation tools for AI systems (the Centre for AI Measurement). b) Create a programme of research and development on good practice, evaluation and performance measures for AI systems, with a focus on highly capable AI systems. c) Support industry in developing, validating and verifying new products and services for AI assurance. d) Coordinate knowledge sharing and communication within the AI assurance sector, those furthering the science of measurement with regard to AI, and international partners.

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 exact name
Contract value
£10.5m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£12.6m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PYDB-8862-JBYM
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-0600b1
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Direct award is justified under Procurement Regulations 24, Schedule 5, point 6, due to the absence of competition for technical reasons and the lack of reasonable alternatives.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

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
NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Id
GB-PPON-PYDB-8862-JBYM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYDB-8862-JBYM

Address

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

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73000000
Description
Research and development services and related consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYDB-8862-JBYM
Name
NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
21 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
12,600,000
Amount
10,500,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Research outputs, Social Value
Description
Number of research outputs per year must be 3 or more, Number of collaborati ve R&D projects and/or industry engageme nt events must be 3 or more in total, Number of events and or external engagements delivered per year must be 3 or more, Number of training / outreach events (schools or SMEs or community based outreach) delivered through the programme must exceed 3 or more.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12

Documents

Entry 1
Id
012718-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
12 Feb 2026, 10:19
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 000951-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 000972-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 012718-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·