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Industry Simulation Software for Fusion

UK Atomic Energy Authority · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The aims of this project align with the goals of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in engaging industry to accelerate knowledge transfer and developments to solve the challenges necessary for enabling delivery of commercial fusion power plants. Specifically, the aims of this project are: - to clearly and formally communicate the main simulation challenges for Fusion to industry. - to allow software vendors to demonstrate and validate their software for use in fusion contexts. - to rigorously identify where there are capability gaps or developments needed for Fusion . - to build ongoing collaborative engagement with industry regarding development efforts to fill these capability gaps. The overall outcome aims to have improved engagement with software industry, clearly defined case studies for which to evaluate emerging software developments, improved depth and breadth in capability for fusion-relevant simulation, and confidence in utilisation of this capability in current and future fusion programmes. At tender stage, the UKAEA will define the specification of the case studies, including identification and execution of any small-scale experiments required to provide reference datasets. The case study specification will include a clear definition of the objectives, all necessary data to build and run the simulation models, such as geometry, boundary conditions, etc. and measurable outputs upon which the solution can be evaluated. The project intends to engage and work with all interested parties to demonstrate the performance of their software for the identified cases and summarise results to UKAEA. This element is market engagement only to refine the best way of approaching the exercise and get a clearer understanding of the suppliers working within this discipline. Refer to Appendix 1 - Background for further information.

Classification

  • CPV72212100 — Industry specific software development services
  • CPV72212900 — Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems
  • CPV72212983 — Development software development services
  • CPV72260000 — Software-related services
  • CPV72262000 — Software development services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
T/GW037/25
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
011380-2025
Description
Change of submission date.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
6 May 2025, 00:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
28 Jul 2026, 00:59
Starts
28 Jul 2025, 01:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72212100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Industry specific software development services
Entry 2
Id
72212900
Scheme
CPV
Description
Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems
Entry 3
Id
72212983
Scheme
CPV
Description
Development software development services
Entry 4
Id
72260000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software-related services
Entry 5
Id
72262000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software development services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010178-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
19 Mar 2025, 14:41
Entry 2
Id
011380-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
26 Mar 2025, 15:54

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
9 Apr 2025, 00:59
Description
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicTenders Please search using the unique tender ID: 97403 Please complete and return Appendix 2 via the EU Supply messaging function by the deadline.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PLJV-1169-JTDD
Name
UK Atomic Energy Authority

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Locality
Abingdon
Postal Code
OX14 3DB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Culham Campus

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PLJV-1169-JTDD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Guy Wells
Telephone
+44 0123546

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Abingdon · UKJ14 · OX14 3DB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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