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National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme

Communications infrastructure
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: "National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Science, Innovation & TechnologyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
18.9%Historical Average
Based on 6 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
National Physical LaboratoryTop vendor: 79.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 88 active published awards; 10 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
National Physical Laboratory2 wins£180,578,750
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory2 wins£16,748,680
WAVEMAKER LIMITED1 win£10,000,000
PA Consulting Services Ltd1 win£9,800,000
Plexal (City) Limited1 win£3,037,720
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Science, Innovation & Technology
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
Last source update22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCommunications infrastructure
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051c91
What is being bought
National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme Year 1. The programme will build and operate an NTC to provide a resilient, terrestrial, sovereign, sustainable, and high-quality Timing Signal
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planned
    22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
  2. Procedure published
    22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PVWZ-3216-PVQL
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published