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National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 16:41.

Opportunity overview

National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2. The programme will build and operate an NTC to provide a resilient, terrestrial, sovereign, sustainable, and high-quality Timing Signal.

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

Matched by number
Contract value
£180m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
8 Aug 2026
Including VAT
£216m
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-06c7d3
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Single supplier - technical reasons Direct Award is made on the basis that NPL are the sole provider for technical reasons under Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023 - The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract - (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

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
National Physical Laboratory
Id
GB-COH-02937881

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02937881

Address

Street Address
Hampton Road
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
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
32571000
Description
Communications infrastructure
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
73400000
Description
Research and Development services on security and defence materials

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02937881
Name
National Physical Laboratory

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
9 Aug 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
10 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
216,000,000
Amount
180,000,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Entry Level New Roles Created and Filled
Description
Demonstrates uplift in capability and capacity in early years careers (graduates, apprenticeships, experienced hires ~ 5 years experience)

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
3
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
NTP Ops: Accuracy (Clock Offset)
Description
Demonstrate that the NTP service maintains internal synchronisation accuracy against the UTC (NPL) reference within the defined performance threshold.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
NTP Ops: Availability (Synchronisat ion to UTC (NPL)
Description
Demonstrate continued availability and resilience of the NTP synchronisation service to UTC (NPL).

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12

Documents

Entry 1
Id
087231-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
15 Sept 2026, 11:50
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 064841-2026Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 066157-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 067263-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 087231-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·