Consultancy Services

About the buyer

NPL Management Ltd runs the National Physical Laboratory, a public corporation sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Professional services, IT equipment and software are bought through suppliers on frameworks with the Crown Commercial Service, the London Universities Procurement Consortium and Kent Commercial Services. Every tender goes through a supplier due diligence process, including the UK government's Supplier Questionnaire. Supplier vetting also draws on CreditSafe and Electronics Watch for financial and ethical checks. A partnering agreement with the University of Strathclyde and the University of Surrey supports its measurement science research.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of NPL Management Ltd's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, business services and architectural and engineering services.