Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 7 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

15-15Ti Austenitic Stainless Steel for in-vessel applications

Official notice

Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)

GoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£483,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 24 Jan 2027 · starts 18 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The MEN aims to gather information on relevant interested organisations (and their capabilities and expertise) that would be interested in contributing to the delivery of the second phase of the STEP programme (2025-2030) on an aspect related to 15-15Ti Austenitic stainless steel for in-vessel applications.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingd… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/7YFPT2F46A ↗

CPV: Alloys · Steel

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yr
Contract period: 18 Jan 2026 – 24 Jan 2027 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK

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
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
7 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-423
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062831
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
AlloysSteel
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a977 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Oct 2025 → 18 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published386 days ago
    7 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Market engagement365 days ago
    28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    To respond to this MEN, please complete and submit Appendix 1: Questionnaire via the facility in the Delta portal by 15:00 on 28th of October 2025.

  3. Contract starts284 days ago
    18 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Oct 2025, 12:05 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 Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PCRM-7973-DCBL Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure