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# H3AT- Vacuum Pumps

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/h3at-vacuum-pumps-ocds-h6vhtk-02ee70). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: "H3AT- Vacuum Pumps". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-GB-FTS-1212)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Parts of vacuum pumps, Radioactive materials, Vacuum pumps
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ, UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ee70`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/h3at-vacuum-pumps-ocds-h6vhtk-02ee70#tl-md)

## Description
UKAEA wishes to engage with potential vacuum pump manufacturers and suppliers for the supply of vacuum pumps, controllers and associated cabling in a range of sizes for use with tritium. These pumps will be for use in a number of sub-systems that will make up the Tritium Plant located within the new H3AT Facility currently in construction on the UKAEA Culham site.
The main types of pumps for consideration within this PIN are Turbomolecular and Metal-Bellows pumps. The pumps should be commercial off the shelf (COTS) models, where achievable. COTS units with minor modifications to ensure tritium compatibility, modified off the shelf (MOTS), would also be acceptable.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 09343000, 42122450, 42124320
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Description:** UKAEA wishes to engage with potential vacuum pump manufacturers and suppliers for the supply of vacuum pumps, controllers and associated cabling in a range of sizes for use with tritium. These pumps will be for use in a number of sub-systems that wil...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026371-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-21T10:40:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:41:15.960Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ee70