Official UK procurement notice
316LN(IG) Austenitic Stainless Steel for In-vessel Applications
Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
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CPV: Alloys · Ferro-alloys · Metal ores and alloys
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a69fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 Oct 2025 → 19 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published392 days ago2 Oct 2025, 12:06 BST
- Market engagement370 days ago23 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.
- Contract starts314 days ago19 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Oct 2025, 12:06 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