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Published 18 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

High Heat Flux (HHF) testing of Tile-on-Heat-Sink (ToHS) Plasma Facing Component (PFC)

Official notice

Authority: UK FUSION ENERGY LTD (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£190,750published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to CEA

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this contract is to procure access to a testing facility to provide High Heat Flux (HHF) testing of Plasma Facing Components (PFC) mock-ups that are being designed for use in the STEP Prototype Powerplant (SPP).

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
71336000 Engineering support services71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services71610000 Composition and purity testing and analysis services73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services73430000 Test and evaluation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
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
18 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
18 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-261d
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074910
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e3a4 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

ITT Open Procedure was performed between 15th July to 11th August 2025. Only two responses were received and both of the tender responses were assessed as “not suitable” by the Evaluation Panel on 18th August.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    18 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £190,7501 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CEA30 Nov 2025 – 31 May 2026£190,750—Standstill

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, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CEAAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PBLG-3648-BCXT CEA Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance, FR, 13115, FRContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender