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Published 11 Dec 2025, 17:43 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

P2025 - 222 - Digital Twin Design Centre Modelling and Simulation Software

Official notice

Authority: Digital Catapult (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£57,000≈ £57k / year · £68,400 inc. VAT · 1 value update0.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Feb 2026awarded 19 Mar 2026
Awarded to ST Engineering Antycip
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Digital Twin Design Centre, based in Belfast, delivers programmes to help businesses across the UK to demystify, demonstrate, and deploy digital twins. With expert support, test environments and tools to experiment and validate, combined with shared learnings from industry use cases, it offers a practical route to adoption.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£57,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr)Value: £57,000 exc. VAT · £68,400 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 15%Price: 80%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Completeness of Software Proposal: 5%
  • Suitability of Proposed Training: 5%
  • Adequacy of Maintenance and Support: 5%
  • Pricing: 80%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Completeness of Software Proposal: the supplier provides a full, itemised, and unambiguous quote covering all software components requested in the RFP
  • Suitability of Proposed Training: The proposed training approach demonstrates clear alignment with user need and required competencies for successful adoption
  • Adequacy of Maintenance and Support: The supplier provides maintenance and support that is sufficient in scope, responsiveness, and duration to ensure reliable operation of the solution
  • Pricing: Total Fixed Cost
  • Social Value: Sustainable procurement practices reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
11 Dec 2025, 17:43 GMT
Last source update
24 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST
Authority reference
P2025-222
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009655
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f45a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals
Submission deadline
20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
9 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.mytenders.co.uk ↗

Timeline

11 Dec 2025 → 24 Jul 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published315 days ago
    11 Dec 2025, 17:43 GMT
  2. Market engagement285 days ago
    9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Digital Catapult is issuing this Prior Market Engagement notice (PME) to better understand the market's capability to provide modelling and simulation software for the purposes of building digital twins.

    This PME serves as a preliminary market engagement and does not constitute a formal procurement. Responses to this PME will help Digital Catapult assess the availability, technical specifications, and supplier landscape of modelling and simulation software to inform future procurement decisions.

    Interested suppliers should note that the publication of any subsequent Tender Notice for this requirement is dependent on Digital Catapult receiving funding approval from the relevant funding organisation(s).

    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 Friday 9th January 2026 at 17:00hrs.

    Suppliers can access the PME documentation free of charge by registering on the MyTenders portal: www.mytenders.co.uk ↗.

  3. Tender notice published261 days ago
    3 Feb 2026, 17:04 GMT
  4. Clarification questions by255 days ago
    9 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Submission deadline244 days ago
    20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Contract starts204 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Latest notice published90 days ago
    24 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST

Notice history

10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Dec 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Dec 2025, 17:43 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Dec 2025, 09:38 GMT
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    3 Feb 2026, 17:04 GMT
    UK4
  4. Published value updated to £57,000
    3 Feb 2026, 17:04 GMT
    was £200,000
  5. Status changed to active
    3 Feb 2026, 17:04 GMT
  6. Procurement method changed
    3 Feb 2026, 17:04 GMT
  7. Deadline published: 20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
    3 Feb 2026, 17:04 GMT
  8. Contract details notice published
    24 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST
    UK7
  9. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST
  10. Buyer details updated
    24 Jul 2026, 09:16 BST
Published amendments (1)

Updated PME information for suppliers.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-12: 1 release · 11 Dec 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £56,8701 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ST Engineering Antycip£56,870 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Digital Twin Design Centre Modelling and Simulation Software · ST Engineering Antycip

    Signed
    19 Mar 2026
    Value
    £56,870
    Period
    1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

DIGITAL CATAPULT

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentPublic undertaking GB-COH: 07964699 · GB-PPON: PQJV-5136-MHML Level 9, 101 Euston Road, London, London, NW1 2RAContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ST Engineering Antycip LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06027721 2 Minton Place, Victoria Road, Oxfordshire, South East, OX26 6QBContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure