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# UKRI-1245 NQCC WP18 Open Standards for Emerging Quantum Processors

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1245-nqcc-wp18-open-standards-for-emerging-quantum-processors-ocds-h6vhtk-02ad75). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-1245 NQCC WP18 Open Standards for Emerging Quantum Processors". Published status: active. Published Value: £210,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jun 2021, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: ukri.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** £210,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems, Software programming and consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ad75`

## 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/ukri-1245-nqcc-wp18-open-standards-for-emerging-quantum-processors-ocds-h6vhtk-02ad75#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ukri.delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukri.delta-esourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1245-nqcc-wp18-open-standards-for-emerging-quantum-processors-ocds-h6vhtk-02ad75#participate

## Description
The National Quantum Computing Centre has an objective to deliver an early-stage quantum computer (Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum, NISQ machine) that can outperform conventional computing for a range of tasks, by 2025. In order to achieve this medium-term goal, the NQCC has developed a technology roadmap, and has identified a series of technical work packages (WPs) that are suitable for delivery by external contractors. These WPs focus on the delivery of technology solutions according to a set of required technical performance specifications, for both hardware and software, related to quantum computing. This tender relates to WP18 - Open standards for emerging quantum processors.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £210,000
- **Description:** The NQCC seeks to commission a study involving the appraisal of existing metrics, and the development of new metrics, for measuring the performance (computational power) of quantum processors, including non-circuit-based devices. Existing metrics are...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009732-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-05T15:25:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T01:19:10.778Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ad75