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Published 15 Apr 2025, 11:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Use of Special Gas Mixtures

Official notice

Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 3 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 11 moends 3 Jun 2026 · starts 2 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKAEA have a requirement for the following specialty gas bottles for upcoming operations.

CPV: Ammonia · Argon · Gas cylinders · Gases · Helium · Hydrogen · Hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen · Industrial gases · Neon · Nitrogen · Rare gases

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 11 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 2 Jul 2025 – 3 Jun 2026 (11 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
15 Apr 2025, 11:43 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2025, 11:43 BST
Authority reference
T/NA043/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015194
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
AmmoniaArgonGas cylindersGasesHeliumHydrogenHydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygenIndustrial gasesNeonNitrogen
+1 moreRare gases
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050317 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Apr 2025 → 2 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 11:43 BST
  2. Market engagement
    30 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST

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  3. Tender notice expected
    3 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    2 Jul 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 11:43 BST
    UK2

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 Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure