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title: "Pipe Connection PIN & RFI"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pipe-connection-pin-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-0351bb"
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# Pipe Connection PIN & RFI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pipe-connection-pin-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-0351bb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: "Pipe Connection PIN & RFI". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-GB-FTS-1212)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Design and execution of research and development, Research and development consultancy services, Research and development services and related consultancy services, Research and experimental development services, Research consultancy services (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0351bb`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pipe-connection-pin-rfi-ocds-h6vhtk-0351bb#tl-md)

## Description
UKAEA is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence and relevant technical information on the current pipe joining capabilities (large bore, elevated temperatures) and capability to operate within a nuclear fusion environment. The information received will inform the further development, aid the design and planning of the activities for the STEP programme as well as future tender opportunities. Respondents to the RFI will be invited to all future market engagement and tender activities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 73000000, 73110000, 73111000, 73200000, 73210000, 73300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** UKAEA is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence and relevant technical information on the current pipe joining capabilities (large bore, elevated temperatures) and capability to op...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019219-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-13T16:12:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:15:41.590Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0351bb