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# Test Operations Partner – West Burton Region

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/test-operations-partner-west-burton-region-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Fusion Energy Ltd: "Test Operations Partner – West Burton Region". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Fusion Energy Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-fusion-energy-ltd-gov-ot1472)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Engineering services, Infrastructure works consultancy services, Test and evaluation
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/test-operations-partner-west-burton-region-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a23f`

## 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/test-operations-partner-west-burton-region-ocds-h6vhtk-06a23f#tl-md)

## Description
A single operational facility will be stood up to facilitate high priority test activities.  This facility is likely to be an existing commercial lease unit.  Enabling initial operations to occur, with a later migration to bespoke buildings in 2-4 years’ time, these will be located on or close to the West Burton Power plant site – a repurposed Coal Fired Power station site, that will accommodate the novel Prototype Fusion Power Plant being delivered by STEP.  
The tests that will be accommodated in this facility will involve many FOAK physical test rigs comprising of; Scaled Superconducting Magnets Testing, High Power Microwave Testing, Novel Cooling Cycle testing through high temperature turbo machinery, Control Room simulator and other smaller activities.  Each will have its own complexities and operational risks/hazards that must be managed appropriately (including but not limited to: Hazardous Voltages, Pressurised Systems, Flammable substances, Cryogenics, High Magnetic fields/ Radiofrequency energy, (note that no radioactive testing is planned in this facility at this initial site).  Co-ordinating of these activities is crucial for programme success, using digital tools / BIMS for space allocation etc. Please find more information within the attachment.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: 
https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Culham:-Engineering-services./C5FWZYGQXZ
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https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/respond/C5FWZYGQXZ

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 71300000, 71311300, 73430000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 22/05/2026 to 19/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048275-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-22T16:15:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:25:22.820Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a23f