Official UK procurement notice
Water Detritiation System Permeator Vessel Replacement
Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Public body)
A system at UKAEA includes a permeator vessel consisting of a heated palladium alloy membrane for the purpose of hydrogen gas purification. The permeator membrane has deteriorated over time and has reached a point where the vessel needs to be replaced.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA system at UKAEA includes a permeator vessel consisting of a heated palladium alloy membrane for the purpose of hydrogen gas purification. The permeator membrane has deteriorated over time and has reached a point where the vessel needs to be replaced. A spare permeator vessel was not procured with the installed one and the original manufacturer is no longer capable of supplying a like-for-like replacement. UKAEA is seeking market engagement with suppliers capable of designing and supplying a replacement permeator vessel. The engagement is intended to understand market capability, indicative solutions, lead times, delivery risks and innovation opportunities.
CPV: Hydrogen · Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases · Plant engineering design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How UK Atomic Energy Authority buys Industrial gases (CPV 2411), and who usually turns up
UK Atomic Energy Authority’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Industrial gases (CPV 2411) →
How the contest usually goes
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Half of these awards have an award date within 24 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid23% / 31%
2–338% / 69%
4–615% / 0%
7+23% / 0%
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Below estimate39% / 11%
Within ±2%39% / 50%
Above estimate21% / 39%
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Lot #1CPV 2411Published estimate£500k
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1 bid31%
2–369%
4–60%
7+0%
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About this data
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
- Authority reference
T/070JS/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091800- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c4fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published45 days ago29 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
- Market engagement30 days ago14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 51 days4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 137 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2026, 12:03 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender