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Published 27 Mar 2025, 11:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

High Heat Flux Testing of Tile-on-Heat-Sink and Microbrush Plasma Facing Components

Official notice

Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 22 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 moends 1 Jul 2025 · starts 31 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Notice aims to gather information from potential suppliers on facilities, capabilities, availability and estimated costs in relation to High Heat Flux (HHF) Testing of Plasma Facing Components (PFC). This is not a request for quotation but a preliminary stage to assess the market.

CPV: Experimental development services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 31 May 2025 – 1 Jul 2025 (1 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services73120000 Experimental development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
27 Mar 2025, 11:12 GMT
Last source update
28 Mar 2025, 11:45 GMT
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-261
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011735
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Experimental development servicesTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f95a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Mar 2025 → 31 May 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 11:12 GMT
  2. Latest notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 11:45 GMT
  3. Market engagement
    18 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    To respond to this MEN, please complete Appendix 1: Questionnaire and submit it via project messaging facility in the EU-supply portal by 17:00 17th April 2025. Early responses would be appreciated to help inform planning decisions.

    The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicT… ↗ Please search using the unique tender ID: 97924

    Information obtained from responses to Appendix 1: Questionnaire will help UKIFS understand current market capabilities and shape the scope, direction, and design of the future procurement activities. UKIFS may follow up with the Questionnaire responses with a virtual Q&A with all interested parties. The details of this session will be provided at the later stage.

  4. Tender notice expected
    22 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    31 May 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 11:12 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 11:45 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 11:45 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Organisations interested in this market engagement opportunity can access the relevant information in EU Supply project reference RFI 97924 https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/edittransaction.asp?TID=97924

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders Please search using the unique tender ID: 97924

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

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions LTD

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCRM-7973-DCBL Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure