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Published 12 Mar 2025, 15:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) Test Facility (TF)

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)
+7 moreYorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Planned pipeline value£20,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 20 May 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 4 moends 1 Apr 2029 · starts 15 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKIFS intends to create an advanced test facility that supports the STEP program by ensuring the functionality and reliability of advanced HTS magnets through rigorous testing. This MEN aims to gather information from potential suppliers on solutions and improvements in relation to the contracting approach for a large, strategic procurement of the MCTF. This is not a request for quotation but a preliminary stage to assess the market.

CPV: Construction work for research buildings · Engineering design services · Magnets

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrs 4 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 15 Dec 2025 – 1 Apr 2029 (3 yrs 4 mo)
Delivery: UK, North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
31630000 Magnets45214600 Construction work for research buildings71320000 Engineering design services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
12 Mar 2025, 15:10 GMT
Last source update
14 Mar 2025, 16:55 GMT
Authority reference
STEP-T-WG023-2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009538
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work for research buildingsEngineering design servicesMagnets
Delivery area
UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
+2 moreSouth East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec44 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Mar 2025 → 15 Dec 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    12 Mar 2025, 15:10 GMT
  2. Latest notice published
    14 Mar 2025, 16:55 GMT
  3. Market engagement
    1 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    Market Engagement Notice #1 - Procurement Strategy

    Interested parties should contact [email protected] to obtain project-related documents and questionnaire to fill in as part of market engagement.

  4. Tender notice expected
    20 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts317 days ago
    15 Dec 2025

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Mar 2025, 15:10 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Mar 2025, 12:50 GMT
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £20,000,000
    13 Mar 2025, 12:50 GMT
    was £16,666,667
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Mar 2025, 16:55 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Notice amended to include communication with the buyer to obtain documents from [email protected]

Contract end date amended to Q1 2029

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 (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure