Official UK procurement notice
Detailed design and build of a scaled down Fast Acting Low Conductance (FALCON)
Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe scope of this work is to provide the detailed design and manufacture of a scaled down Fast Acting Low Conductance valve (FALCON) prototype which will be used to safeguard the proposed exhaust vacuum pumping technology against Disruption mitigation or sudden massive air ingress events for the STEP Prototype Powerplant (SPP).
The scope of work includes the detail design and build of a scaled down prototype, which includes everything within the Vacuum Gate/Isolation valve casing (including the casing itself), mainly the actuation mechanism and the seals required to maintain both the operation of the isolation valve and the vacuum integrity of the process gas line. The fast-acting nature of the valve requires it to reach its defined ‘close’ position within 37.5 ms.
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CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Engineering design services · Pressure-reducing, control, check or safety valves
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commerical: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Commerical
- Social Value
- 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Aug 2026, 16:38 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 16:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
PP-UKFE-192- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078272- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Aug 2026 → 16 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published70 days ago17 Aug 2026, 16:38 BST
- Clarification questions by42 days ago14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline38 days ago18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by24 days ago2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts11 days ago16 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Aug 2026, 16:38 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender