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# SBRI: UKAEA Fusion industry challenges prototype development

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sbri-ukaea-fusion-industry-challenges-prototype-development-ocds-h6vhtk-040c24). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: "SBRI: UKAEA Fusion industry challenges prototype development". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-GB-FTS-1212)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Lithium, Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £7,410,371 (exc. VAT, 6 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040c24`

## 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/sbri-ukaea-fusion-industry-challenges-prototype-development-ocds-h6vhtk-040c24#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).
This funding programme will support the UK’s leadership in economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy.
The aim of this competition is to encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 14784000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** A pre-commercial activity under SBRI. The aim of this competition is to encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle.
Your project can focus on one or more of the following:
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## Awards & Winning Suppliers (6)
- **Award:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle (active)
  - Award id: `030386-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Bangor University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70049`
  - Value: £1,164,578 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Award id: `030386-2023-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172289`
  - Value: £1,498,332 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Award id: `030386-2023-3`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Bristol**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174587`
  - Value: £726,383 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Award id: `030386-2023-4`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Bristol**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174587`
  - Value: £1,237,502 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Award id: `030386-2023-5`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Edinburgh**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-78261`
  - Value: £1,497,970 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Award id: `030386-2023-6`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Manchester**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184079`
  - Value: £1,285,606 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,164,578
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2023

- **Contract:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,498,332
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2023

- **Contract:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Signed Value: £726,383
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2023

- **Contract:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,237,502
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2023

- **Contract:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,497,970
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2023

- **Contract:** Encourage innovation in the development of Lithium in an economic, sustainable, and scalable fusion energy fuel cycle. (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,285,606
  - Signed Date: 11/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030386-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-16T07:51:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:21:22.846Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040c24