Official UK procurement notice
MTC membership · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMTC Industrial membership program is designed the Members designed from manufacturers, technology providers, SMEs, and large organisations together to collaborate on innovation, research, and industrial challenges. Membership supports MTC's Core Research Programme and gives organisations a voice in shaping future manufacturing technologies and research priorities.
This unique offering drives benefits for UKFE in Collaborative partnerships with a network of leading industrial organisations and technology experts, access to cutting-edge research and innovation, including insights from MTC's Core Research Programme and emerging manufacturing technologies, networking opportunities with a diverse community of manufacturers, researchers, and technology leaders, training and development opportunities, including access to industry-leading skills programmes, events, and technical knowledge sharing, influence over future research directions, helping to address industry challenges and priorities of national strategic importance and opportunities to contribute to projects that deliver economic and societal impact, while accelerating innovation and competitiveness.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2026, 09:35 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 09:35 BST
- Authority reference
UKFE - EMMA -007- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082910- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f014Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
MTC Industrial membership program is designed the Members designed from manufacturers, technology providers, SMEs, and large organisations together to collaborate on innovation, research, and industrial challenges. Membership supports MTC's Core Research Programme and gives organisations a voice in shaping future manufacturing technologies and research priorities.
The MTC offer is unique in this space allowing UKFE to work in collaborative partnerships with a network of leading industrial organisations and technology experts, access to cutting-edge research and innovation, including insights from MTC's Core Research Programme and emerging manufacturing technologies, networking opportunities with a diverse community of manufacturers, researchers, and technology leaders, training and development opportunities, including access to industry-leading skills programmes, events, and technical knowledge sharing, influence over future research directions, helping to address industry challenges and priorities of national strategic importance and opportunities to contribute to projects that deliver economic and societal impact, while accelerating innovation and competitiveness.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 2 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published2 Sept 2026, 09:35 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Technology CentreMembership Agreement3 Sept 2026 – 4 Jun 2027 · up to 4 Jun 2029Extensions: Contract can be renewed yearly over three years | £200,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Manufacturing Technology Centre LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender