UK opens ProQure quantum-procurement programme, with Phase 1 contracts of up to £14M per awardee
UK Research and Innovation opened the ProQure: Scaling UK Quantum Computing procurement programme on 2026-03-27 at 17:00 UK time, with a closing date of 2026-05-29. Phase 1 awards of up to £14M per contract are available for integrated quantum computing hardware and software at commercial-deployment scale. ProQure is the procurement-mechanism arm of the UK's £2B quantum commitment announced 2026-03-17.
A Western-government procurement window with committed per-contract size of up to £14M, attached to a £2B national commitment, is a material demand-side policy event (score 7) for the global hardware market and sets a reference-shaping precedent for sovereign quantum procurement elsewhere.
Non-UK hardware vendors with UK presence (Rigetti, Infleqtion, Oxford Quantum Circuits, Quantinuum) will compete on near-term deliverables; concentrates near-term hardware demand in the UK for the remainder of 2026.