Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: NPL Management Limited - Supply of Actively Q-Switched Erbium Fibre-Pumped Er:YAG Laser Systems (GBP 13,977,800)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 30th September 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

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Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by NPL Management Limited. Procurement: Supply of Actively Q-Switched Erbium Fibre-Pumped Er:YAG Laser Systems. Description: Supply and delivery of two ELPN-1645-10-50-1-POD Actively Q-Switched Erbium Fibre-Pumped Er:YAG Laser Systems from IPG Photonics (UK) Ltd, including associated freight and delivery services. The laser systems provide pulsed laser output at a wavelength of 1.645 μm and are designed for advanced photonics, optical sensing, spectroscopy, laser metrology, and scientific research applications. The equi Category: goods. Value: GBP 13,977,800 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): IPG PHOTONICS (UK) LIMITED.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 30th September 2026
Original report: find-tender.service.gov.uk

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 30th September 2026 · 14:41

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (36.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.