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# Design & Development of CO2 Condenser

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/design-development-of-co2-condenser-ocds-h6vhtk-0607fe). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Fusion Energy Ltd: "Design & Development of CO2 Condenser". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Fusion Energy Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-fusion-energy-ltd-gov-ot1472)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical power systems design services, Engineering design services, Plant engineering design services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/design-development-of-co2-condenser-ocds-h6vhtk-0607fe#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0607fe`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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## Description
The following summary is not intended as a complete or definitive specification of the requirement. A purpose of this engagement notice is to seek information from the market to help refine our understanding and aid the development of a future specification.
UKIFS is seeking experts to support the design and development of a CO2 condenser that is part of the STEP power cycle. This is because a high-performance CO2 condenser is critical to the efficiency of the STEP powerplant (supercritical and/or transcritical CO2 power generation cycles are currently the preferred concept for the STEP prototypic plant). The proposed technical and operating conditions of the proposed CO2 condenser are:
•Operating pressure is between ca. 60-100 bar for the CO2 stream
•Operating inlet temperature will be between ca. 50 - 110°C. The outlet temperature will be between ca. 20-25 °C for the CO2 stream.
•Thermal duty is in the range of 1-2 GWth.
•The equipment must comply with UK pressure equipment regulations.
Please be aware, any future procurement activity associated with the CO2 condenser PME will likely occur in Tranche 2B of STEPs programme. T2B is due to start in April 2029 and is subject to formal sign-off of our design (T2A) and agreement of the whole T2B plan
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: 
https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Culham:-Engineering-design-services./7JNTY86XYK
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7JNTY86XYK

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 71320000, 71323100, 71323200
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2029 to 30/04/2033

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004045-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-16T16:05:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T08:46:26.176Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0607fe