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Power and Energy Management System Controller - Development Support Service

Official notice

Authority: UK Fusion Energy Ltd (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£90,000£108,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Oct 2025
Contract term 4 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) is an ambitious programme to accelerate the delivery of sustainable fusion energy. The STEP programme will design and build the world’s first compact prototype fusion powerplant, based on the spherical tokamak design, by the 2040s. Currently, the concept design of all major systems and plant are in an ongoing refinement process

The purpose of this contract is to support the development of a concept control system for a Power and Energy Management System (PEMS), and to further develop the powerplant simulation models for its STEP Prototype Plant (SPP) Electrical Infrastructure system. Further Information is available in the ITT and accompanying documents.

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CPV: Electrical power systems design services · Engineering design services · Plant engineering design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 4 moSMEPublished value£90,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (4 mo)Value: £90,000 exc. VAT · £108,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
71320000 Engineering design services71323100 Electrical power systems design services71323200 Plant engineering design services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical (including Social Value: 10): 80%
  • Total Contract Value: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical (including Social Value: 10)
  • Total Contract Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
24 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
Last source update
27 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
Authority reference
PP-UKIFS-149
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059278
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Electrical power systems design servicesEngineering design servicesPlant engineering design services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
13 Oct 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/F438KP67R3 ↗

Timeline

24 Sept 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published398 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by379 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline361 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
  4. Latest notice published334 days ago
    27 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
  5. Contract starts331 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    27 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    27 Nov 2025, 16:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—27 Nov 2025Cancelled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PCRM-7973-DCBL Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
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