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Published 27 Mar 2025, 10:42 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Matter Injection Technology Testing

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£150,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 16 May 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 9 moends 1 Apr 2026 · starts 1 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this MEN is to assess the industry appetite for furthering the design of key matter injection technologies and future bids for work packages relating to the following planned testing: 6.3. Gas Gun Development for SPI, Centrifuge development for pellet injection and Extruder Development for pellet production.

CPV: Engineering-related scientific and technical services · Research and experimental development services · Technical testing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 9 moSME
Contract period: 1 Jul 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 (9 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
71350000 Engineering-related scientific and technical services71632000 Technical testing services73100000 Research and 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, 10:42 GMT
Last source update
27 Mar 2025, 10:58 GMT
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-040
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011492
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Engineering-related scientific and technical servicesResearch and experimental development servicesTechnical testing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f94e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Mar 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 10:42 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    18 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    To respond to this MEN, please complete and submit Appendix 1: Questionnaire via the project messaging facility in the EU-supply portal by 17:00 on 17th April 2025. EU Supply project reference RFI 97923 - PP-UKIFS-040 - Matter Injection or click on uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/edittransact… ↗ Early responses would be appreciated to help inform planning decisions. 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. If you have any questions about this MEN, please contact UKIFS through the EU-Supply message facility. We are keen to engage with suppliers to assist with the MEN completion if needed, to ensure quality responses enabling us to shape the future requirement and procurement.

  3. Tender notice expected
    16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 10:42 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 10:58 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Organisations interested in this market engagement opportunity can access the relevant information in EU Supply project reference RFI 97923 - PP-UKIFS-040 - Matter Injection or click on https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/edittransaction.asp?TID=97923

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 (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure