UKRI awards NPL data processing and reports contract to NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 12:56.

Opportunity overview

***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required. Brief Description of Requirement UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have a requirement to create reports and processing based on NPL data

Awarded to

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NPL Management Limited

Matched by number

Contract value: £13k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 29 Sept 2026
Including VAT: £15.6k
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

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

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: PS26301
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: UK Research and Innovation
Id: GB-PPON-PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Address

Street Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Locality: Swindon
Postal Code: SN2 1FL
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK14

Contact

Email: commercial@ukri.org

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Id: GB-PPON-PMPN-7535-GNTG
Role Details: Shared Service Provider

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PMPN-7535-GNTG

Address

Street Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Locality: Swindon
Postal Code: SN2 1FF
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK14

Contact

Email: professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Roles

procuringEntity

processContactPoint

Organisation 3

Name: NPL Management Limited
Id: GB-COH-02937881

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 02937881

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PYDB-8862-JBYM

Address

Street Address: National Physical Laboratory
Locality: Teddington
Postal Code: TW11 0LW
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI75

Contact

Email: etenders@npl.co.uk

Roles

supplier

Details

Url: http://www.npl.co.uk ↗
Scale: large
Vcse: 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: 73110000
Description: Research services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-02937881
Name: NPL Management Limited

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Above Threshold: No
Date Signed: 30 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 30 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 30 Oct 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 15,574.64
Amount: 12,978.87
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 096902-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096902-2026 ↗
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 11:25
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Swindon · UKK14 · SN2 1FL · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096902-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 14 Oct 2026, 11:25

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) awarded a direct, below-threshold contract to NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED for NPL data processing and report creation. The contract was signed on 30 September 2026 and is recorded as active.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeContract details noticeEvidence: The process is labelled "Contract details notice on Find a Tender" and the description states it is not a call for competition.
Procurement statusCompleteEvidence: Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status "active".

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096902-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07874f
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 12:56
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award, covering lot 1, was made to NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED. The published contract value is £12,978.87 excluding VAT (£15,574.64 including VAT).

Market significance

This is a short-duration, specialist research-services engagement awarded without competition because the notice states that only a particular supplier could meet the technical requirement.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £12,978.87 excluding VAT; £15,574.64 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract

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Award 1 names NPL Management Limited as supplier. Supplier verification matched company number 02937881 and provides verified company name NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED. The single contract linked to award 1 states the value.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Contract details notice

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The process is labelled "Contract details notice on Find a Tender" and the description states it is not a call for competition.

Procurement status

98% confidence

Complete

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Tender status is "complete"; lot 1 status is "complete".

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status "active".

Contract status

99% confidence

Active and signed

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Contract 1 has status "active" and an explicit dateSigned of 2026-09-30.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£12,978.87

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Contract 1 value.amount is 12978.87 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£15,574.64

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 15574.64 GBP.

Value allocation

96% confidence

The published contract value is linked to award 1 and its sole named supplier.

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Contract 1 is linked to awardID 1; award 1 names one supplier, NPL Management Limited.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

30 September 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract start

99% confidence

30 September 2026

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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract end

99% confidence

30 October 2026

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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-10-30T23:59:59Z.

Notice published

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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The contract details notice datePublished is 2026-10-14T11:25:46+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

95% confidence

Create reports and processing based on NPL data.

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The notice description states that UKRI requires "create reports and processing based on NPL data".

Procurement category

99% confidence

Services

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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".

Classification

99% confidence

Research services (CPV 73110000)

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The award item lists CPV 73110000 with description "Research services".

Delivery location

90% confidence

United Kingdom

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The award item delivery address is region "UK", country GB.

Lot structure

98% confidence

One published lot (lot 1); no lot title or description supplied.

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Tender and award records refer to lot 1, while the lot record contains no title or description.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct procurement below threshold, without competition

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procurementMethod is "direct" and procurementMethodDetails is "Below threshold - without competition".

Stated rationale

98% confidence

Absence of competition for technical reasons; the notice states that only a particular supplier can supply the requirement.

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The notice description explicitly gives this rationale.

Competition information

99% confidence

No bid count, bidder identities, evaluation scores or pricing comparison was supplied.

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

99% confidence

30 September 2026 to 30 October 2026

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Contract 1 period specifies these start and end dates.

Duration

95% confidence

Approximately one month

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Calculated from the explicit contract period of 30 September to 30 October 2026.

Extensions or options

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

Contract execution

99% confidence

Signed on 30 September 2026

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Contract 1 has an explicit dateSigned field.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial route

98% confidence

Single-supplier direct award for a technical-reasons requirement

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The notice states a direct, non-competitive below-threshold procurement due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.

Contract profile

96% confidence

Low-value, short-term research-services engagement

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The contract is valued at £12,978.87 excluding VAT and runs for approximately one month; the award is classified as research services.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-07874f
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

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The process buyer_name and buyer party record identify UK Research and Innovation.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Central government public authority

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The buyer party classification is "Public authority - central government".

Procuring entity

99% confidence

UK Shared Business Services Ltd, acting as shared service provider

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UK Shared Business Services Ltd has roles "procuringEntity" and "processContactPoint", with roleDetails "Shared Service Provider".

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (company number 02937881)

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Supplier verification matched GB-COH identifier 02937881 to verified company name NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED.

Supplier status

98% confidence

Active company

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Supplier verification records verifiedCompanyStatus as "Active".

Supplier scale

98% confidence

Large; not a VCSE

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The supplier party details record scale "large" and vcse "false".

Supplier location

97% confidence

Teddington, United Kingdom

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The supplier party address lists Teddington, TW11 0LW, GB.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated re-procurement point

75% confidence

Around the contract end date of 30 October 2026, if the requirement continues

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This is an estimate based solely on the explicit contract end date; no renewal, extension or future procurement commitment is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award date

99% confidence

Not published

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Award 1 contains no award_date.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value.

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The lot record has null title, description and value fields.

Competition and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, scores, evaluation narrative or comparative pricing is present in the supplied data.

Renewal detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

No extension, option or renewal terms are recorded.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The award date is not supplied.
Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
No bid count, evaluation scoring, supplier selection detail or price comparison is published.
No extension, option or renewal terms are published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the UKRI NPL data processing and reports contract?

NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED won award 1 for lot 1.

What is the contract value?

The published value is £12,978.87 excluding VAT and £15,574.64 including VAT.

Was the contract competed?

No. The notice records a below-threshold direct procurement without competition, citing technical reasons and the availability of only a particular supplier.

When does the contract run?

It starts on 30 September 2026 and ends on 30 October 2026.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

PS26301 - NPL data processing and Reports

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

NPL Management Limited

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Additional Identifiers

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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