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

Digital Catapult

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

24 Jul 2026 at 09:16

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Tender

03 Feb 2026 at 17:04

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

12 Dec 2025 at 09:38

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

11 Dec 2025 at 17:43

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Digital Catapult procured modelling and simulation software for the Digital Twin Design Centre in Belfast. The service supports the Centre’s programmes for businesses across the UK, helping them understand, demonstrate and deploy digital twins through expert support, test environments, tools for experimentation and validation, and shared industry learning. The requirement covers IT services including software, consulting, development, internet and support. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. Digital Catapult is the buying organisation and the procurement was for services rather than goods or construction. The software is intended to support digital-twin activity and the Centre’s practical route to adoption, making this relevant to suppliers of modelling and simulation platforms, associated implementation services, technical support and software-enabled digital-twin solutions.

The procurement is complete and was run as a below-threshold open competition. The tender closed on 20 February 2026, following an enquiry deadline of 9 February 2026. The contract was awarded to ST Engineering Antycip Limited on 19 March 2026 and signed on that date. The awarded contract value is £56,870 excluding VAT, or £68,244 including VAT. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. Evaluation was weighted 80% to total fixed cost and 20% to quality: software proposal completeness, training suitability, maintenance and support, and social value each carried 5%. The completed lot was identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

This award demonstrates demand from Digital Catapult for a complete modelling and simulation software capability supporting digital-twin adoption. A credible future competitor would need to provide an itemised, unambiguous software proposal covering every requested component, with pricing structured as a clear fixed total. The requirement also favours suppliers able to design practical training aligned with user needs and required competencies, and to provide maintenance and support with sufficient scope, responsiveness and duration for reliable operation. Strong evidence of sustainable procurement would matter, including carbon reduction, waste minimisation, clean energy and green technology. Suppliers with established software, technical support and training capabilities, including smaller organisations and social enterprises, are well placed to address this type of requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

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

Notice Description

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.

Planning Information

Digital Catapult is issuing this Prior Market Engagement notice (PME) to better understand the market's capability to provide modelling and simulation software for the purposes of building digital twins. This PME serves as a preliminary market engagement and does not constitute a formal procurement. Responses to this PME will help Digital Catapult assess the availability, technical specifications, and supplier landscape of modelling and simulation software to inform future procurement decisions. Interested suppliers should note that the publication of any subsequent Tender Notice for this requirement is dependent on Digital Catapult receiving funding approval from the relevant funding organisation(s). To participate in the PME, interested suppliers are required to read the Supplier Information Document and complete and return the Annex A - PME Response Questionnaire no later than Friday 9th January 2026 at 17:00hrs. Suppliers can access the PME documentation free of charge by registering on the MyTenders portal: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f45a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070017-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£57,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£57,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£56,870 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Digital Catapult
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 2RA
Postcode Area
North West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Bloomsbury
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ST Engineering Antycip

Further Information

Notice Documents

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