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ITER-grade tungsten (W) plate, K-doped W plate, and ASTM F288 W K-doped ‘nonsag’ W wire

Alloys
Metal ores and alloys
Tungsten
UK
Published value
£78,500
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD: "ITER-grade tungsten (W) plate, K-doped W plate, and ASTM F288 W K-doped ‘nonsag’ W wire". Published status: planning. Published value: £78,500. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUK FUSION ENERGY LTDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£78,500
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for UK FUSION ENERGY LTD. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.4Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
NPL Management LtdTop vendor: 18.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 40 active published awards; 11 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
NPL Management Ltd1 win£192,091
KPMG LLP1 win£175,000
MuWave Limited1 win£168,234
Amentum Clear Energy Limited1 win£100,367
QMC Instruments1 win£99,499
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUK FUSION ENERGY LTD
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
Last source update11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAlloys, Metal ores and alloys, Tungsten
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05de55
What is being bought
The current MEN aims to gather information on relevant interested organisations (and their capabilities and expertise) that would be interested in contributing to the delivery of the second phase of the STEP programme (2025-2030) by producing ITER-grade tungsten (W) plate, K-doped W plate, and ASTM F288 W K-doped ‘nonsag’ W wire. UKIFS is planning to procure up to 1 tonne of ITER-grade tungsten (W) plate, K-doped W plate, and ASTM F288 W K-doped ‘nonsag’ W wire to cover the requirements of the second phase of the STEP programme. The required chemistry and property thresholds detailed in the material specifications in the document contained within this tender. The material will be characterised and tested to determine their suitability for STEP in-vessel applications. UKIFS will lead the delivery of this testing campaign over the next 4 years through collaboration and/or subcontracting. We require supplier is to indicate its capabilities to produce this material (in accordance with the material specifications), the quantities it can produce, the forms that it can produce and the estimated lead times for producing this material. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingdon:-Metal-ores-and-alloys./S89JH69DX6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S89JH69DX6
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £78,500
    11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    11 Nov 2025, 10:05 GMT
  3. engagement
    25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    All submission must be submitted by 15:00 on the 25th of November 2025 though the Delta tender platform. Any correspondence should be completed through the Delta Tender Platform All interested suppliers should respond to this MEN this is an the opportunity to contribute your insights that may shape any final tender requirements. All answers and correspondence will be used for market sounding purposes only and will be treated confidentially
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

UK FUSION ENERGY LTD

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PCRM-7973-DCBL
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published