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AwardedAwarded 9 August 2026

National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · Central government

In brief

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology awarded telecoms and research work to NPL Management Limited on 9 August 2026.

The notice gives a value of £180,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 44 months, starting 31 July 2026.

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What the notice says

National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2. The programme will build and operate an NTC to provide a resilient, terrestrial, sovereign, sustainable, and high-quality Timing Signal.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
NPL Management Limited£180,000,000
Awarded 6 July 2026
10 August 2026 to 31 March 2030

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 064841-2026
  2. Transparency notice · UK5, notice 066157-2026
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 067263-2026
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 087231-2026

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From notice 064841-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 July 2026, last updated 15 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.