UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

All market surveys will be designed and configured with the UKAEA Communications team together with the awarded supplier. The awarded supplier will need to provide services which include, but not limited to: • Regional and national representation, potential international surveys • Online data collection • Telephone interviews, to collect long form responses • Detailed reporting including recommendations.

Any collaborations would need to incorporate various expertise such as: • Pressure vessel design and fabrication • Shell and tube heat exchanger design and fabrication • Palladium-silver (Pd-Ag) or similar alloy tube design and production • Dissimilar metal joining

UKAEA has set up the Technology Transfer Hub (TTH) to identify opportunities for technology transfer into the wider fusion market and other sectors, and to drive the commercialisation of fusion-related technologies and knowhow for the benefit of the UK economy. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to gather information to frame an invitation to tender to set up an Open Framework catering to the TTH, including expertise to help facilitate knowledge and technology transfer, IP commercialisation and the development and validation of novel technologies.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the manufacture, testing and delivery to Culham Campus, Oxfordshire of 2 Airside Coils which comprise a central solenoid (P1) and Inner solenoid (Pc). Further details are available within the Market Engagement Informations document. The market engagement information can be found by following the link in this notice. Please ensure you are registered, logged in and have expressed an interest before downloading the document.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the manufacture, testing and delivery to Culham Campus, Oxfordshire of 2 Airside Coils which comprise a central solenoid (P1) and Inner solenoid (Pc). Further details are available within the Market Engagement Informations document. The market engagement information can be found by following the link in this notice. Please ensure you are registered, logged in and have expressed an interest before downloading the document.

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.

Requirement for safety case peer review services on a call off basis. Required to ensure the UKAEA safety case processes have been applied correctly, the underpinning assessments are accurate and the ALARP justification is robust.

The scope is for remote technologies to either non-invasively or invasively inspect the soft waste package to identify the physical contents of the package.

The scope is for remote technologies that can autonomously identify and remove a specific item from a selection of other items.

The scope of this notice is for automation and robotic technologies that could undertake or improve the functionality required during the defined waste process

The scope is for automation and robotic technologies that could undertake or improve the functionality required during the defined waste process

The scope of this notice is for automation and robotic technologies that could undertake or improve the functionality required during the defined waste process

UKAEA wish to engage with potential suppliers for the provision of design, prototype production and irradiation testing of an actuation system. The aim is to support the development of a radiation tolerant/hardened joint/axis actuator to solve fusion and parallel market remote handling challenges in radiation environments.

UKAEA is seeking information from potential suppliers interested in working together to develop technology and tools for an end to end maintenance process. The pipe maintenance operations are cutting, alignment, welding and inspection on stainless steel pipes.

UKAEA wishes to engage with potential suppliers for the provision of the design of prototype/mock up production and irradiation testing of a radiation tolerant vision system for dynamic obstacle avoidance, with an application targeting commercially available robotic platforms. The aim is to support the development of a radiation tolerant/hardened vision system to solve fusion and parallel market remote handling challenges in a radiation environment.

UKAEA wishes to engage with potential suppliers, for the provision of real-time software and FPGA engineers in order to develop new capabilities to enable fusion power plant control systems. Plasma control systems need advanced real-time control and instrumentation systems. There is a gap in the supply chain in this area. Our vision is to stimulate the creation of an ecosystem of interoperable comments with standard interfaces, protocols and engineering methods. We call this “fusionics”, analogous to “avionics” capability as found in aerospace. Building on a successful project as part of year one of the Fusion Futures Programme, we seek a supplier to develop components, skills and capability relevant to this area. After the engagement exercise, UKAEA intend to issue an Invitation to Tender through the EU Supply and Find a Tender (CDP) portals The P172 Realtime Fusionics Components Webinar is scheduled to take place on 8th July 2025 at 1pm. Topic: P172 Realtime Fusionics Components Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: https://ukaea.zoom.us/j/84991171360 https://ukaea.zoom.us/j/84991171360

RAICo Digital is seeking consultancy services that provide interactive, hands-on guidance over an expected five-month period, advising on development processes and best practices drawn from relevant industries such as aviation.

Goods Required: 600 metres of High Voltage DC Tri-axial Cable Purpose: To connect two 80kV/70A high-voltage DC power supplies to Positive Ion Neutral Injectors (PINIs) used for plasma heating in fusion experiments. UKAEA would like to find potential suppliers to manufacturer this cable to the specification and within the required time (received by the end of 2026) and interested in tendering for such a requirement. Further information available by following link in this notice

SmarTeam is a Product Data Management (PDM) system, which underpins UKAEA’s current Technical Document Management System (TDMS). Whilst SmarTeam is still operational, it is now classified as a legacy system by the vendor and is increasingly misaligned with UKAEA’s evolving business and technical requirements. To safeguard business continuity and mitigate long-term risks, UKAEA is proactively assessing future replacement options. Deliver a Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) solution to UKAEA supporting contemporary Engineering and Scientific programmes e.g. Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation (LIBRTI) programme. This is a market engagement exercise only and tender publishing dates and contract values are estimates at this stage and are very likely to change. Please download the documents on EU Supply and submit Appendix 1 - Submission Document by the deadline of 19/08/25.