Published date: 26 March 2021

Last edited date: 26 March 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 26 April 2021, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

BIP581658684

Published date

26 March 2021

Closing date

26 April 2021

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

26 July 2021

Contract end date

25 January 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of text to be modified: Scope of the Procurement
Instead of: UKRI-1248 NQCC WP19 A Practical Benchmarking Suite for Quantum Processoers
Read: UKRI-1248 NQCC WP19 A Practical Benchmarking Suite for Quantum Processors
Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
The National Quantum Computing Centre has an objective to deliver an early-stage quantum computer (Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum, NISQ machine) that can outperform conventional computing for a range of tasks, by 2025. In order to achieve this medium-term goal, the NQCC has developed a technology roadmap, and has identified a series of technical work packages (WPs) that are suitable for delivery by external contractors. These WPs focus on the delivery of technology solutions according to a set of required technical performance specifications, for both hardware and software, related to quantum computing. This tender relates to WP19 - Practical benchmarking suite.

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

+441235446553

Email

Elizabeth.gage@ukri.org