Official UK procurement notice
P2025-218 - Digital Twin Design Centre Robotic Arm Demonstrator
Authority: Digital Catapult (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe robotic arm demonstrator will provide a simulated environment to test and develop greater understanding of the needs of the manufacturing sector and the application of digital twin technologies.
CPV: Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Authority reference
P2025-218- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061288- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a5d6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published386 days ago1 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Market engagement364 days ago22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Digital Catapult is issuing this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice for the provision of a robotic demonstrator that will explore the impact and technological advancements in the context of digital twins within the manufacturing sector.
The robotic arm demonstrator will provide a simulated environment to test and develop greater understanding of the needs of the manufacturing sector and the application of digital twin technologies. This demonstrator will be commissioned and deployed by the supplier within the Digital Twin Design Centre in Belfast.
To participate in the PME, interested suppliers are required to read the Supplier Information Document and complete and return the Annex A - PME Response Questionnaire no later than Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 12:00hrs.
- Tender notice expected327 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts325 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Oct 2025, 12:12 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender