01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 6 March 2026
Description
The UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) plans to build and scale quantum computers based on superconducting circuit qubits for its research activities. This tender is for the purchase of one (1) superconducting qubit control system in the first instance, with the option to procure additional compatible systems and associated upgrades over the contract duration (up to five years) to support the ongoing scaling of NQCC’s quantum computing platforms and related research and development activity. The control system must enable NQCC researchers to measure and control superconducting multi-qubit systems for experimental research in quantum error correction for superconducting quantum computing. A suitable control system solution that can be scaled and upgraded over the contract term while maintaining technical compatibility will accelerate NQCC’s research programme in superconducting quantum computing.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
UKRI-5440 - Control Systems for Superconducting Quantum Computing Research
- Awarded
- 20 March 2026
- Award value
- £6,484,405.67
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 1 April 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, UKK14, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDQJ-7126-JDHGZurich Instruments AG
Technoparkstrasse 1, Zurich, CH, 8005, Switzerland
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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