Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Semiconductor Metrology NMI
Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNPL will create new semiconductor metrology capabilities to improve the UK’s infrastructure for pre-competitive semiconductor innovation, supporting investment and growth in next-generation materials and processes. The project will create metrology capability to support the manufacture of advanced semiconductor materials for end use in power electronics, radio frequency (RF) communications, and optoelectronics.
New capabilities will be hosted at NPL and academic partners and made available to UK industry to de-risk investments, support growth, and secure access to international markets.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Sept 2025, 15:22 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2025, 14:52 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065240- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0596e0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Prototypes Development; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
NPL holds sovereign authority under the Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre), an international treaty signed by the UK in 1884. This treaty designates a single National Metrology Institute (NMI) per country to ensure the integrity and international comparability of measurement standards. In the UK, NPL is the designated NMI, which means it is the only body legally empowered to develop and maintain national measurement standards across most domains
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Sept 2025 → 14 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends18 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published379 days ago14 Oct 2025, 14:52 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published9 Sept 2025, 15:22 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published9 Sept 2025, 17:40 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Oct 2025, 14:52 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPL Management LimitedSemiconductor Metrology for UK Growth19 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £1,200,000 | 9 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Semiconductor Metrology · NPL Management Limited
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Period
- 22 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Not more than £5M including VAT and contract is for specialist research which would be hard to set applicable KPIs
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NPL Management LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender