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Published 21 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Analysis of Ceramic to Metal bonding

Official notice

Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£125,000published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 26 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The objective of this work package is to analyse the ceramic to metal bonding used in microwave components that form vacuum barriers. There are a variety of bonds to be investigated ranging from microwave vacuum windows that have low negligible thermal or mechanical loads, to components in high power microwave sources that are subject to high thermal loads that then induce mechanical strain from the induced thermal gradients. The analysis will focus on pre-and post-cyclic fatigues tested components to evaluate the integrity of the bonding joint for its vacuum and thermal conductivity integrity. In some components, the use of SEMs capable of monitoring the bond during temporal loading will be required.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
71350000 Engineering-related scientific and technical services71620000 Analysis services73111000 Research laboratory services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
Last source update
21 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050545
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c2b Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 14:05 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £125,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER£125,000 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

    Signed
    26 Jun 2025
    Value
    £125,000 inc. VAT
    Period
    27 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • University of ManchesterAwarded supplier The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, North West, M13 9PLContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender