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# Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing Equipment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ultra-high-temperature-materials-testing-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-041a32). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: "Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing Equipment". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,300,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-GB-FTS-1212)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electromechanical equipment, Heating equipment, Loadbearing equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041a32`

## 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/ultra-high-temperature-materials-testing-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-041a32#tl-md)

## Description
UKAEA wishes to engage with potential lead contractors, SME’s, manufacturers for the procurement and supply of Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing equipment for the UKAEA.
The goal of this procurement activity is to establish UK-unique Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing equipment (UHT-MaT) for complex, representative mechanical testing under vacuum at ultra-high temperatures, 2,500+ °C for the following material families of interest: refractory metallic alloys, ceramics, and ceramic-matrix composites.
UHT-MaT will be housed at UKAEA’s premises in Culham, Oxfordshire, UK by October 2027 at the latest.
After the engagement exercise, and dependent on securing funding, UKAEA intend to issue an Invitation to Tender through the EU Supply and Find a Tender portals (replacement to Tenders Electronic Daily) to procure services for design and provision of equipment through competitively tendered contracts.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 34950000, 39715200
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The following main pieces of equipment are requested:
•	Mechanical load frame(s) (up to 3 frames) for static, quasi static and cyclic mechanical loading.  The load frame and/or load frames will have the mechanical infrastructure, control systems, and...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033837-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-15T17:20:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:58:24.954Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041a32