National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

GoodsAbove threshold

Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 6 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 9 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 8 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme Year 1. The programme will build and operate an NTC to provide a resilient, terrestrial, sovereign, sustainable, and high-quality Timing Signal

CPV: Communications infrastructure

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 9 mo

Contract period: 8 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (9 mo)

Delivery: UK

32571000 Communications infrastructure

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
Last source update: 22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-024464
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Communications infrastructure
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051c91 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 8 Jul 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
Tender notice expected
6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
8 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
22 May 2025, 09:28 BST
UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL 22 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender22 May 2025, 09:28 BST