QINS Project - 715647455 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£62,500published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Nov 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Quantum Inertial Navigation System (Q-INS) project will build on, and be informed by, previous work undertaken at Imperial College London (IMPERIAL).

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

73100000 Research and experimental development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Nov 2025, 15:42 GMT
Last source update: 10 Nov 2025, 15:42 GMT
Authority reference: 715647455
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-072510
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ddf5 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
10 Nov 2025, 15:42 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £62,5001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 7 Nov 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	£62,500 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

QINS Project - 715647455 · Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Signed
7 Nov 2025
Value
£62,500
Period
7 Nov 2025 – 30 Sept 2028
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Navy Commercial, NCHQ, Whale Island, Portsmouth, South East, PO2 8BYContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Imperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineAwarded supplier Exhibition Road, London, London, SW7 2AZContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractoctet-streamblank document

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender10 Nov 2025, 15:42 GMT