Official UK procurement notice
Palladium-Silver Alloy Procurement · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKIFS is seeking to identify and gather information from suppliers with the capability to support the early procurement of PdAg alloy (specifically in a 75/25% composition) for the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) Fuel Cycle development programme. This includes the supply of the alloy in various forms, such as tubes, sheets, and foils.
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CPV: Alloys · Metal ores and alloys
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
- 3 mo from 18 Dec 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Palladium-Silver Alloy Procurement” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure 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
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-428- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057830- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059d7aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
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Timeline
18 Sept 2025 → 18 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published18 Sept 2025, 16:05 BST
- Market engagement383 days ago8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
All submission mut be submitted by 15:00 on the 8th of October though the Delta tender platform.
Suppliers responding to this PME 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 starts313 days ago18 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Sept 2025, 16:05 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