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title: "Coater requirements"
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# Coater requirements

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coater-requirements-ocds-h6vhtk-0309b4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance: "Coater requirements". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ctm-portal-for-the-nda-shared-services-alliance-GB-FTS-4524)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4, UKD61
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0309b4`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coater-requirements-ocds-h6vhtk-0309b4#tl-md)

## Description
NNL are seeking to place a contract for the design of a fluidised bed chemical vapour deposition system. The equipment should have a coating chamber diameter of around 150mm and be capable of coating 1-2 kg of 0.5mm diameter kernels of uranium dioxide (UO2) in a single batch. Each coating will need to be deposited from different precursors sequentially while at its operating temperature, ranging from 1200-1600°C. The expected precursors for the different coating layers are acetylene, acetylene/propylene mixtures and methyltrichlorosilane diluted in hydrogen. An argon carrier gas is also required for fluidisation. Due consideration will need to be given to the scrubbing of exhaust gases and to the safe operation of the equipment using these reactive precursors on a nuclear licensed site.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 44000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** NNL are interested in developing capabilities for the manufacture of fuels for the next generation of advanced modular reactors to contribute to the UK’s target of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050. A promising candidate reactor technology a...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000796-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-11T17:12:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:21:50.622Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0309b4