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Published 18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Palladium-Silver Alloy Procurement · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

Dynamic marketGoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£375,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Market period 3 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 18 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKIFS is seeking to identify and gather information from suppliers with the capability to support the early procurement of PdAg alloy (specifically in a 75/25% composition) for the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) Fuel Cycle development programme. This includes the supply of the alloy in various forms, such as tubes, sheets, and foils.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingd… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6P6U7P57T7 ↗

CPV: Alloys · Metal ores and alloys

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
3 mo from 18 Dec 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 mo
Contract period: 18 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (3 mo)
Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Palladium-Silver Alloy Procurement” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-428
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057830
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
AlloysMetal ores and alloys
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059d7a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Admission period ends
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Timeline

18 Sept 2025 → 18 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
  2. Market engagement383 days ago
    8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    All submission mut be submitted by 15:00 on the 8th of October though the Delta tender platform.

    Suppliers responding to this PME will have the opportunity to contribute insights that may shape the final tender requirements. All answers and correspondence will be used for market sounding purposes only and will be treated confidentially.

  3. Contract starts313 days ago
    18 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK2

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 Solutions Ltd

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

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure