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

  • Digital Catapult

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-082295

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f45a

Published 11 December 2025, 5:43pm

Last edited 12 December 2025, 9:38am

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Scope

Reference

P2025-222

Description

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.

Total value (estimated)

  • £200,000 excluding VAT
  • £240,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

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

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

9 January 2026

Engagement process description

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/.


Contracting authority

Digital Catapult

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQJV-5136-MHML

101 Euston Road

London

NW1 2RA

United Kingdom

Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government