National Physical Laboratory Limited

Large enterpriseUK · TeddingtonCompany No. 02992144

National Physical Laboratory Limited is a UK limited company, based in Teddington, incorporated in 1994. Has won 25 UK public-sector contracts worth £27.3m across 13 buyers, primarily Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Active contracts

no new awards in 30d

Contracted (12m)

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▼ 100% vs prior 12m

Public buyers

stable this month

Top buyer share

66%

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Buyer concentration

Each block sized by share of total award value. A dominant block signals dependency on one buyer.

Severe concentration. Top buyer alone = 66% of revenue.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

£18.0m

66%

DEFRA

£4.5m

16%

CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance

£2.5m

Home Office

£1.0m

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

£896k

Other (5 buyers)

£420k

Title	Buyer	Award type	Value	Awarded	Status
UKTL Management Contract	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Direct contract	£18.0m	01 Dec 2022	expired
Defra Research Development and Evidence Framework Award	DEFRA	Shared contract	£2.8m lot total · 29 suppliers	31 Jan 2022	expired
Metrology and Technical Investications	CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance	Direct contract	£2.5m	11 Mar 2020	expired
UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Contract	DEFRA	Direct contract	£1.4m	17 Dec 2018	expired
Provision of Science and Technology Support	Home Office	Direct contract	£1.0m	20 Nov 2024	active
Black Carbon monitoring network 2012-2015	Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs	Direct contract	£638k	01 Feb 2012	expired
AURN Lot 4	Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs	Direct contract	£210k	30 Sept 2021	active
Automatic Urban and Rural Network ManagemenAutomatic Urban and Rural Network Management (Lot 4 - AURN - Quality Assurance and Quality Control of 16 ALN sites (QAQC of LOT 3 sites)	DEFRA	Direct contract	£210k	04 Aug 2021	expired
Contract for the Provision of Operation and Management of the UK Black Carbon Network (2017-2019)	DEFRA	Direct contract	£127k	13 Dec 2016	expired
CDE37519 - Environmentally robust quantum sensors (& clocks)	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	Direct contract	£123k	19 Dec 2014	expired
ACC6028624 - Sample preparation free, rapid mass spectrometry surface analysis for determination of complex chemical constituents - Phase 1	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	Direct contract	£97k	28 Apr 2022	expired
CDE36898 - Advancing the additive manufacture of tailored electromagnetic materials AM-TEM	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	Direct contract	£80k	09 Dec 2014	expired
Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites (Phase 1)	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	Direct contract	£75k	17 Aug 2022	expired
SC230001: Hydrogen Leakage	Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs	Direct contract	£48k	26 Jul 2023	expired
Active Electrochemical Measurements	NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED	Direct contract	£27k	19 Jan 2024	expired

National Physical Laboratory Limited

Buyer concentration

Contracts won · 25 total · 11 active · 14 expired

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Award value — last 8 quarters

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