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Published 12 Nov 2025, 09:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

STEP HCD Transmission Line Waveguide

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£170,000≈ £136k / year · £204,000 inc. VAT1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Dec 2025awarded 6 Jan 2026
Awarded to MuWave Limited
Contract term 1 yr 3 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 23 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The objective of this requirement is to provide preliminary design for the waveguide diameter and corrugations for the Transmission Line (TL) that maximises the power transmission and mode purity over the frequency spectrum used for the STEP Heating and Current Drive (HCD) system

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CPV: Systems analysis and programming services · Technical analysis or consultancy services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£170,000
Contract period: 23 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 3 mo)Value: £170,000 exc. VAT · £204,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services72240000 Systems analysis and programming services

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
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: 90%
  • Criterion 2: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 2
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Nov 2025, 09:31 GMT
Last source update
6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 Dec 2025
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-375
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073022
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Systems analysis and programming servicesTechnical analysis or consultancy servicesTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05df32 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
8 Dec 2025, 15:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
21 Nov 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Refer to DELTA e-sourcing UKIFS Portal www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

Timeline

12 Nov 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Tender notice published348 days ago
    12 Nov 2025, 09:31 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by339 days ago
    21 Nov 2025, 15:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline322 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 15:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts308 days ago
    23 Dec 2025
  5. Award decision expected by307 days ago
    23 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  6. Assessment summaries sent294 days ago
    6 Jan 2026
  7. Latest notice published293 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Nov 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 09:31 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    6 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £168,2341 award exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MuWave LimitedSME19 Jan 2026 – 15 Mar 2027 · up to 15 Sept 2027Extensions: Optional Extension£168,2346 Jan 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd.

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MuWave LimitedAwarded supplier 71-75 Shelton Street,, London, London, WC2H 9JQContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender