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High Heat Flux (HHF) testing of Tile-on-Heat-Sink (ToHS) Plasma Facing Component (PFC)

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:57.

Opportunity overview

The purpose of this contract is to procure access to a testing facility to provide High Heat Flux (HHF) testing of Plasma Facing Components (PFC) mock-ups that are being designed for use in the STEP Prototype Powerplant (SPP). To view this notice, please click here: https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=994431214

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

CEA

No match
Published award value
£190.8k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PBLG-3648-BCXT
Location
Saint Paul Lez Durance, FR, 13115, France

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value 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
PP-UKIFS-261d
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
ITT Open Procedure was performed between 15th July to 11th August 2025. Only two responses were received and both of the tender responses were assessed as “not suitable” by the Evaluation Panel on 18th August.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
switchingDirectAward

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PCRM-7973-DCBL
Name
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd

Roles

buyer

Address

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

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicUndertaking
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public undertaking

Identifier

Id
PCRM-7973-DCBL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Operational Procurement
Telephone
07852001696
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PBLG-3648-BCXT
Name
CEA

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
FR
Country
FR
Locality
Saint Paul Lez Durance
Postal Code
13115
Country Name
France
Street Address
CEA Cadarache

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large

Identifier

Id
PBLG-3648-BCXT
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
71336000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Engineering support services
Entry 2
Id
71600000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Entry 3
Id
71610000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Composition and purity testing and analysis services
Entry 4
Id
73000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Entry 5
Id
73430000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Test and evaluation

Value

Amount
190,750
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
228,900

Documents

Entry 1
Id
074910-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
18 Nov 2025, 16:05

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBLG-3648-BCXT
Name
CEA

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
28 Nov 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 May 2026, 23:59
Starts
30 Nov 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05e3a4-2025-11-18T16:05:27ZTransparency notice on Find a Tender ·