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Published 16 Dec 2024, 20:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsOpen procedure
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30)Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,500,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 27 Jan 2025awarded 22 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions have a requirement to purchase various quantities of 2G (REBCO-based) HTS tape suited to low temperature (20 K) application under moderate to high (5 – 20 T) magnetic fields from a range of suppliers at short to medium notice. This procurement aims to establish a framework with a panel of pre-qualified international suppliers to enable placing sampling orders of HTS tape at short notice.

CPV: Electric conductors for data and control purposes · Magnetic tapes · Magnets · Transformers

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 10 suppliers · 7 bids received (0.7 per place) · 9 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,500,000
Delivery: UK · Culham
Extensions: The framework term will be one year plus one year optional extension.Variant bids: not allowed
30234700 Magnetic tapes31170000 Transformers31630000 Magnets

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality including Social Value: 90%
  • price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality including Social Value: 90
  • Price: 10
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

    Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
  • Technical & professional ability

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

    Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Dec 2024, 20:16 GMT
Last source update
28 Apr 2025, 19:51 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Jan 2025 – …
Authority reference
STEP-T-KK012-2024
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017453
Classification (CPV)
Electric conductors for data and control purposesMagnetic tapesMagnetsTransformers
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c88d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.

This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the authority before a contract is entered into applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request. Additional debriefing and that information have to be provided within a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be sought from the contact named in this notice.

If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Any such action must be brought promptly.

(generally within 3 months).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Appointment period ends
27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

27 Jan 2025 → 28 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 19:51 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Apr 2025, 19:51 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 9admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 6latest 22 Apr 2025

6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 6 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • 2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

    Signed
    22 Apr 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • 2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

    Signed
    10 Apr 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • 2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

    Signed
    10 Apr 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • 2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

    Signed
    10 Apr 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • 2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

    Signed
    10 Apr 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • 2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape Supply Framework for STEP

    Signed
    10 Apr 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview body Abingdon

Framework contractors & participating bidders

10 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.