Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 2 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

316LN(IG) Austenitic Stainless Steel for In-vessel Applications

Official notice

Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)

GoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£45,850pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 19 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The current Preliminary Market Engagement Notice 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) by producing 316LN(IG) Austenitic stainless steel for in-vessel applications.

UKIFS is planning to procure up to 3 tonnes of 316LN(IG) austenitic stainless steel to cover the requirements of the second phase of the STEP programme. The material is to be provided in the SA condition, with forms of interest include forging, plates and pipe.

The required chemistry and property thresholds are detailed in the RCC-MRx -material specification provided in the attached Preliminary Market Engagement Notice word document.

The material will be characterised, tested and irradiated to determine their suitability for STEP in-vessel applications. UKIFS will lead the delivery of this testing campaign over the next 4 years through collaboration and/or subcontracting.

The supplier is to indicate its capabilities to produce this material (in accordance with the RCC-MRx code), the quantities it is capable of producing, the forms that it can produce and the estimated lead times for producing this material.

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/H9WJQ7KEM6 ↗

CPV: Alloys · Ferro-alloys · Metal ores and alloys

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 mo
Contract period: 19 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (3 mo)
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
2 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-431
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061655
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
AlloysFerro-alloysMetal ores and alloys
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a69f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
—

Timeline

2 Oct 2025 → 19 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published392 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST
  2. Market engagement370 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    All submission must be submitted by 15:00 on the 23rd of October though the Delta tender platform.

    Any correspondence should be completed through the Delta Tender Platform

    Suppliers responding to this MEN will have the opportunity to contribute insights that may shape the final tender requirements. All answers and correspondence will be used for market sounding purposes only and will be treated confidentially.

  3. Contract starts314 days ago
    19 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Oct 2025, 12:06 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 Solutions Ltd

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

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure