Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: NPL Management Limited - Service, Maintenance, Calibration and Technical Support Agreement for Instron Mechanical Testing Systems (GBP 7,379,445)

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

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by NPL Management Limited. Procurement: Service, Maintenance, Calibration and Technical Support Agreement for Instron Mechanical Testing Systems. Description: Provision of a comprehensive annual service, maintenance, calibration and technical support agreement by Instron - Division of ITW Ltd for NPL's fleet of mechanical and materials testing systems. The contract covers the period 01/09/2026 to 31/08/2027 and includes preventative maintenance, service engineer support, software support through Instron Connect, technical assistance, priority breakdown Category: services. Value: GBP 7,379,445 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): Instron - Division of ITW Ltd.

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 · 14:42

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 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 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

What the source reported

What ProcIntel recorded

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.