Plant Information System · UK public procurement notice

The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) is an ambitious programme to accelerate the delivery of sustainable fusion energy.

The STEP programme is a staged programme to design and build the world’s first compact fusion reactor, based on the spherical tokamak, by 2040. It will develop and identify solutions to the challenges of delivering fusion energy, benefiting from UKAEA’s breadth of expertise and its suite of research facilities – RACE, Materials Research Facility, H3AT and Fusion Technology Facilities.

A STEP Plant and Tokamak Information Management System is envisaged to provide a centralised repository for all Plant/Reactor information assets. The information backbone provided by such a system will record the ‘Digital Thread’, tracing relationships and origins between data sets, to capture the evolutionary design rationale and intent, of the fusion reactor definition.

The system shall supply core capabilities summarised as Simulation Management, Design by Analysis, Process & Record Management, Product Requirements & System Engineering Management, Plant Item and Plant Breakdown Structure Management,CAD & Document Management and Configuration Management & Change Control.

The system shall facilitate the Tranche 1 objectives of the STEP Programme lifecycle, to produce a concept design by 2024. It shall be scalable to meet the functional needs of future phases of the STEP lifecycle. Additional information: UKAEA are carrying an expression of interest exercise and are taking views from interested parties in respect of this project. The questionnaire should be completed and returned via the EU Supply website.