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Published 2 Sept 2026, 09:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

MTC membership · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£200,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Manufacturing Technology Centre

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

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 published

Procedure 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
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f014 Find 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
  1. Transparency notice published
    2 Sept 2026, 09:35 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £200,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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

UK Fusion Energy Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PCRM-7973-DCBL Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender