Official UK procurement notice
Cost Modelling Support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement description1.UKIFS is seeking to procure a suitable supplier (an individual organisation or a consortium with a lead supplier) for a NEC4 Professional Services Contract to provide Cost Modelling support to UKIFS across 7 work packages. The definitive statement of UKIFS’s requirements is set out in the Service Specification (Appendix B).
2.The estimated term of the Contract is 18 months.
3.The estimated budget for the Contract is £500,000 including expenses (excluding VAT).
4.Key priorities for UKIFS in this requirement are a supplier’s ability to leverage their supply chain and deploy SME capability and collaboration within the work packages. Successful bidders should be able to demonstrate their ability to manage simultaneous work packages and ensuring appropriate SME capacity is given to each WP.
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- How the procedure runs: 3 Stages Stage 1 - Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) with Conditions of Participation STage 2 - Successful suppliers invited to submit a Final Tender Stage 3 - Preferred Supplier Step
CPV: Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
UKIFS-PP-174- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034201- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055146Find a Tender
- How it runs
3 Stages
Stage 1 - Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) with Conditions of Participation
STage 2 - Successful suppliers invited to submit a Final Tender
Stage 3 - Preferred Supplier Step
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Jun 2025 → 29 Sept 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published20 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline18 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent18 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BST
- Contract starts397 days ago26 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends393 days ago29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jun 2025- Tender notice published20 Jun 2025, 19:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 Sept 2025, 12:06 BST
- Contract signature expected3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkins Limited6 Oct 2025 – 4 Apr 2027 · up to 3 Oct 2027Extensions: 6 month extension available if required | £500,000 | 17 Sept 2025standstill to 29 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AtkinsRealis UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender