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Matter Injection Technology Testing

Buyer: UK Fusion Energy Ltd →

BuyerUK Fusion Energy Ltd
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£150,000
Published27 Mar 2025

What is being bought

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.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Engineering-related scientific and technical services 71350000Technical testing services 71632000Research and experimental development services 73100000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Apr 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Engineering-related scientific and technical services, Technical testing services, Research and experimental development servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Engineering-related scientific and technical services (71350000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 719,6125 median · 28.9 average (3,829 of 9,612 with a bid count)4.1 average (4,196 of 9,612 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer43Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2,2595 median · 55.1 average (852 of 2,259 with a bid count)6.5 average (955 of 2,259 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6863.5 median · 6 average (10 of 686 with a bid count)1.9 average (10 of 686 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
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 https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/edittransaction.asp?TID=97923 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.engagement18 Apr 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04f94e
Latest release ID011492-2025
Latest release timestampThu Mar 27 2025 10:58:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£150,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Mar 2025planningUpdate011492-2025
27 Mar 2025planning011478-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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