Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice

Published 29 Sept 2026, 09:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Evolution of Electricity Systems and Markets and Implications for Fusion and other Low Carbon Generation

Authority: United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold

Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09)Public utilities (65)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term Ends 12 Oct 2026starts 30 Sept 2026

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This Notice aims to gather information from potential suppliers on capabilities and approaches in relation to UKFE’s proposed procurement for specialist analysis of future electricity systems, sources of value and electricity markets relevant to commercial fusion deployment. This is not a request for quotation but a preliminary stage to assess the market.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Suppliers responding to this Notice will have the opportunity to contribute insights that may shape the final tender requirements. All answers and correspondence will be used for market sounding purposes only and will be treated confidentially.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingd… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6K49R2HM5A ↗

CPV: Electricity · Electricity distribution · Electricity distribution and related services · Energy and related services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Contract period: 30 Sept 2026 – 12 Oct 2026

Delivery: UK

09310000 Electricity 65300000 Electricity distribution and related services 65310000 Electricity distribution 71314000 Energy and related services 71314300 Energy-efficiency consultancy services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up

United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid

This buyerUnited Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd · division 71

The marketConsultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) · UK-wide

What to do with it

How often do SMEs win?

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 6 of 16 known-size awards · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=1,435

38%67%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 3 of 3 known-location awards · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=1,220

3 of 350%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?

Buyer: 11 decided notices · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=234

25 days48 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 25 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 10 of 22 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7131 · UK-wide, n=1,696

45%43%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

This buyer8 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 71

0% had one bid

The market459 lots with bid counts · CPV 7131 · UK-wide

14% had one bid

% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (8) / the market (459) · select a colour for counts

1 bid0% / 14%

Buyer: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 66 of 459 lots with published bid counts.

2–363% / 23%

Buyer: 5 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 107 of 459 lots with published bid counts.

4–625% / 29%

Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 133 of 459 lots with published bid counts.

7+13% / 33%

Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 153 of 459 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

This buyer9 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 71

33% below estimate

The market327 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7131 · UK-wide

43% below estimate

% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (9) / the market (327) · select a colour for counts

Below estimate33% / 43%

Buyer: 3 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 139 of 327 lots with an estimate and award.

Within ±2%67% / 42%

Buyer: 6 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 137 of 327 lots with an estimate and award.

Above estimate0% / 16%

Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 51 of 327 lots with an estimate and award.

Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7131No real estimate

Expected competition

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 459 past lots.

—No model forecast yet14% chance of a single bid

Past bids on 459 similar lots

1 bid14%

66 of 459 similar past lots received 1 bid (14%).

2–323%

107 of 459 similar past lots received 2–3 (23%).

4–629%

133 of 459 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).

7+33%

153 of 459 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).

Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.

Commercial price forecast

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No real estimate

The buyer published £0 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data

Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Architecture & EngineeringRetender Radar, CPV 71: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Planned procurement
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
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: 29 Sept 2026, 09:07 BST
Last source update: 29 Sept 2026, 09:07 BST
Authority reference: PP-UKFE-267 (Delta - 1070147821)
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-091649
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): ElectricityElectricity distributionElectricity distribution and related servicesEnergy and related servicesEnergy-efficiency consultancy services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077bfc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 12 Oct 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published45 days ago
29 Sept 2026, 09:07 BST
Contract starts45 days ago
30 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Market engagement32 days ago
12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
To respond to this PMEN, please complete and submit Appendix 1: Questionnaire via the e-supply portal by 5pm on Monday 12th October 2026.
Early responses would be appreciated to help inform planning decisions. If you experience any difficulties with the portal, please contact the portal helpdesk: [email protected]. cc [email protected] and [email protected]
Information obtained from responses to Appendix 1: Questionnaire will help UKFE understand current market capabilities and shape the scope, direction, and design of the future procurement activities.

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
29 Sept 2026, 09:07 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCRM-7973-DCBL Culham Campus, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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