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Crane Concept Design Study

BuyerUK Fusion Energy Ltd

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

Value£70,000

Published2 Jun 2026

What is being bought

UKFE is looking for input from suppliers to inform and validate a requirement for a Crane Concept Design Study. The study will be to generate concept designs for a lifting system based on electric overhead or gantry crane technology. Additionally, UKFE need advice on load cases based on input information, complex lift design advice to influence component design, and costing of the system/s commensurate with the design maturity. Please note that this is Preliminary Market Engagement, and does not constitute a live opportunity nor request for bids. Should UKFE be in a position to proceed to request tenders for this requirement a separate notice is expected to be published. This scope is anticipated to be a short desktop study. However it could have large impact on project direction of travel. Participate to influence a first of a kind heavy lift system. Estimated value is £70k

Delivery location

UKJ14, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 30 Jun 2026 to 30 Oct 2026

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Lifting and handling equipment, Cranes, Overhead travelling cranes, Bridge cranes, Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, Research services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 42. The category anchor is Lifting and handling equipment (42410000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 42	1,020	4 median · 60 average (232 of 1,020 with a bid count)	5.8 average (246 of 1,020 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	6	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKJ14	21	2 median · 3 average (7 of 21 with a bid count)	1 average (7 of 21 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	76	3 median · 3 average (3 of 76 with a bid count)	1 average (3 of 76 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
To request access to the draft requirement and UKFE request for input, please register or sign in on the UKFE Delta Portal (https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html?userType=supplier) and access the Tender Box for PP-UKIFS-611 Crane Concept Design Study, access code 77YKT4SP98 Please review the document "Market Engagement - Crane Concept Design Study", provide your input on Appendix 1, and return to UKFE via the messaging function in the Delta portal, deadline of 15:00BST on 04 June 2026. Upon the Preliminary Market Engagement deadline UKFE will review the responses, if necessary amend and update its requirement, and determine an appropriate route to market.	engagement	11 Jun 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-069ebe
Latest release ID	051885-2026
Latest release timestamp	Tue Jun 02 2026 12:18:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	No
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£70,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
2 Jun 2026	planningUpdate	051885-2026
21 May 2026	planning	046907-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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