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P2026-255 - UK Digital Twin Centre - Technology Access Programme (TAP)

Digital Catapult · Public undertaking

In brief

Digital Catapult is looking for suppliers for IT and software work (UK-wide).

The estimated value is £160,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 1 year, starting 8 February 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Bids close at midday, Friday 29 January 2027.

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Can I win this?

Key dates

Questions by
midday, Wednesday 16 December 2026
Bids by
midday, Friday 29 January 2027

How bids are scored

Quality · Price

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for IT and software contracts across the UK (from 1331 awards in the last 12 months).

Tender documents

What the notice says

The Digital Twin Design Centre, based in Belfast, delivers programmes to help businesses across the UK to demystify, demonstrate, and deploy digital twins. With expert support, test environments and tools to experiment and validate, combined with shared learnings from industry use cases, it offers a practical route to adoption

Should I bid?

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How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Submit your bid through the buyer's e-tendering portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.
  4. Send clarification questions before midday, Wednesday 16 December 2026.
  5. Make sure your bid arrives before midday, Friday 29 January 2027. Late bids are usually rejected.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 106488-2026

Last time this was bought

P2025 - 222 - Digital Twin Design Centre Modelling and Simulation Software

Awarded
19 March 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
31 March 2027

Matched on Digital Catapult, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Digital CatapultLast 12 months

Procurements

4

Awards

3

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

All tenders and awards from Digital Catapult

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From notice 106488-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 10 November 2026.