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# UK public contract notice 127555 — National Physical Laboratory

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-03f4f6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Physical Laboratory: "UK public contract notice 127555 — National Physical Laboratory". Published status: active. Published Value: £175,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: lupc.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Physical Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-physical-laboratory-gov-pc1387)
- **Published Value:** £175,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 September 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-03f4f6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f4f6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-03f4f6#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lupc.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flupc.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fgo%2F70981783018A043308A4)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-public-contract-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-03f4f6#participate

## Description
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science, and technology available.
NPL provides a measurement service which performs antenna calibrations for UK, European and worldwide businesses. These businesses undertake antenna testing and therefore require traceability to international standards and/or UKAS, which NPL provides. A network vector analyser (VNA) plays an essential role in such measurement service. This instrument measures electrical network’s reflection and transmission properties and it’s an essential part for antenna radiation characterisations, but the current equipment (dating from 2007) has now failed. Therefore NPL wishes to procure a current-generation VNA by extending the VNA measurement capability to 4-port and its operating frequency range to 50 GHz, which will operate at a higher tier of performance, support multiport antenna measurements at mm-wave frequency bands, delivering faster data transfer, higher accuracy and greater functionality. 
To express interest in this opportunity and access the tender documents please use the following URL: https://lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/go/70981783018A043308A4

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024245-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-17T16:19:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T02:42:09.461Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f4f6