REBCO High Temperature Superconductors

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

Services

Sectors: Chemical products (24)Construction Materials & Prefab (44)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)

Planned pipeline value£200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 29 Oct 2021from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The magnets for STEP will be required to carry very large currents, in high magnetic fields, and with losses kept to a minimum. The most promising materials for this application are REBCO-based high temperature superconductors. The use of these materials allows for designs with much lower Joule heating losses than resistive materials, and REBCO operates at higher temperatures and in higher magnetic fields than low temperature superconductors such as Nb3Sn. The purpose of this RFI is to enable UKAEA to: Understand the performance of REBCO-based high temperature superconductors, Understand the supply chain capacity to produce these conductors at tokamak-relevant scales, This information will directly impact on future tender opportunities relating to this area

CPV: Compounds of rare earth metals · Conductors · Research consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Delivery: South East

24315500 Compounds of rare earth metals 44318000 Conductors

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Jul 2021, 17:08 BST
Last source update: 1 Jul 2021, 17:08 BST
Authority reference: T/DB104/21
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-015128
Classification (CPV): Compounds of rare earth metalsConductorsResearch consultancy services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c28c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

1 Jul 2021 → 29 Oct 2021 · 2 dates

Notice published
1 Jul 2021, 17:08 BST
Tender notice expected
29 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST

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

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.