Local Support for an Indian based Cryogenic Manufacturing Contract

Official notice

Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Public body)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline value£100,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 9 moends 30 May 2026 · starts 18 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKAEA, the Purchaser, carries out fusion energy research on behalf of the UK Government at the Culham Campus. A project to improve the performance of the Purchaser’s MAST-U fusion research facility requires additional plasma heating which is the form of a new neutral beam heating system. The subject of this notice is the requirement of local support based in India to assist UKAEA with the management of a cryogenic manufacturing contract.

CPV: Engineering support services · Industrial inspection services · Procurement consultancy services · Project-supervision services other than for construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 9 moSMEVCSE

Contract period: 18 Aug 2025 – 30 May 2026 (9 mo)

Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

71336000 Engineering support services 71730000 Industrial inspection services 79418000 Procurement consultancy services 79421100 Project-supervision services other than for construction work

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: Below threshold
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: 23 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST
Last source update: 23 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST
Authority reference: T/RAF068/25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-034449
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Engineering support servicesIndustrial inspection servicesProcurement consultancy servicesProject-supervision services other than for construction work
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0551e5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 Jun 2025 → 18 Aug 2025 · 4 dates

Planning notice published
23 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST
Market engagement
9 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
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Tender notice expected
1 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
Contract starts
18 Aug 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
23 Jun 2025, 15:15 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 - central government GB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD Culham Science Centre, 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 Tender23 Jun 2025, 15:15 BST