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Published 2 Apr 2025, 17:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Matter Injection Technology Testing

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£7,300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 16 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Apr 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2026

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 5 yrsSMEVCSE

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
2 Apr 2025, 17:12 BST
Last source update
3 Apr 2025, 10:08 BST
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-345
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012696
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-04fc47 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 Apr 2025, 17:12 BST
  2. Market engagement
    25 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 25th 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: 98156 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.

  3. Tender notice expected283 days ago
    16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts209 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Apr 2025, 17:12 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 10:08 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

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 25th 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: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders Please search …

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