Collaboration Agreement for Palladium Membranes and Palladium Membrane Reactors (PM/PMRs)

Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Industrial machinery (42)Installation services (except software) (51)

+2 more

Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73)

Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 29 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 1 yrends 28 Jul 2026 · starts 4 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Any collaborations would need to incorporate various expertise such as:

Pressure vessel design and fabrication
Shell and tube heat exchanger design and fabrication
Palladium-silver (Pd-Ag) or similar alloy tube design and production
Dissimilar metal joining

CPV: Chemical industry machinery · Design and execution of research and development · Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus · Engineering studies · Engineering support services · Engineering-design services for industrial process and production · Engineering-related scientific and technical services · Experimental development services · Heat-exchange units · Heat-exchange units and machinery for liquefying air or other gases · Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery · Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment · +20 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 1 yrSME

Contract period: 4 Aug 2025 – 28 Jul 2026 (1 yr)

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

38126300 Temperature or humidity surface observing apparatus 38420000 Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases 38800000 Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment 42510000 Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery 42511000 Heat-exchange units and machinery for liquefying air or other gases 42511100 Heat-exchange units

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
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: 9 May 2025, 10:10 BST
Last source update: 9 May 2025, 10:10 BST
Authority reference: T/NA0458/25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-019955
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Chemical industry machineryDesign and execution of research and developmentDistilling, filtering or rectifying apparatusEngineering studiesEngineering support servicesEngineering-design services for industrial process and productionEngineering-related scientific and technical servicesExperimental development servicesHeat-exchange unitsHeat-exchange units and machinery for liquefying air or other gases
+22 more
Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machineryIndustrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050f6d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 4 Aug 2025 · 4 dates

Planning notice published
9 May 2025, 10:10 BST
Market engagement
5 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
Tender notice expected
29 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
Contract starts
4 Aug 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
9 May 2025, 10:10 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 Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD Culham Campus, Oxfordshire, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender9 May 2025, 10:10 BST