Expired contract

Supply of Semiconductor Metrology NMI

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): NPL Management Ltd
Value: £1,200,000
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Research services
Published: 9 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

NPL 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. ## Contract award Title: Semiconductor Metrology for UK Growth

Timeline

Completed: Award published9 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date9 September 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

About the buyer

The Department for Science Innovation and Technology is a central government department, and a dedicated commercial directorate leads on its procurement work alongside project and delivery teams. Larger opportunities are advertised as notices on the Find a Tender Service. Common goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks. UK Shared Business Services, a shared-services provider, manages many of the department's lower-value procurements on its behalf. Low-value orders require multiple supplier quotes to ensure value for money. Supplier diversity targets guide how contracts reach small and medium-sized enterprises across the supply chain.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology's contract awards have been in IT services, research and development and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

73110000 · Research services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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