Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 7 Apr 2025, 18:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of a Laser and Spectrometer System for Raman Spectroscopy

Official notice

Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£50,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 moends 15 Dec 2025 · starts 15 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This MEN aims to gather information from potential suppliers on solutions and capabilities in relation to the provision of a laser and spectrometer system for Raman spectroscopy. This is not a request for quotation but a preliminary stage to assess the market.

CPV: Industry specific software package · Optical instruments · Spectrometers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 15 Sept 2025 – 15 Dec 2025 (3 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Apr 2025, 18:12 BST
Last source update
7 Apr 2025, 18:31 BST
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-042a
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013510
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Industry specific software packageOptical instrumentsSpectrometers
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe67 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Apr 2025 → 15 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    7 Apr 2025, 18:12 BST
  2. Market engagement
    24 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    To respond to this MEN, please complete Appendix 1: Questionnaire and submit it via project messaging facility in the EU-supply portal by 17:00 24th April 2025. Early responses would be appreciated to help inform planning decisions. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicT… ↗ Please search using the unique tender ID: 98308 Information obtained from responses to Appendix 1: Questionnaire will help UKIFS understand current market capabilities and shape the scope, direction, and design of the future procurement activities.

  3. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    15 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Apr 2025, 18:12 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Apr 2025, 18:31 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

To respond to this MEN, please complete Appendix 1: Questionnaire and submit it via project messaging facility in the EU-supply portal by 17:00 24th April 2025. Early responses would be appreciated to help inform planning decisions. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders Please search …

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 Fusion Solutions LTD

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

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure