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Magnets Partner Agreement

UK Fusion Energy Ltd · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 11:01.

Opportunity overview

The Contract shall engage Tokamak Energy Ltd in three capacities: (a) UK Magnet Champion; (b) ST40 Device Owner and Operator; and (c) Supporting Fusion Capability and Capacity, as set out below, together constituting a combined capability able to deliver all required elements. (A)UK Magnet Champion TE will be appointed to act as prime contractor, managing delivery on behalf of UKIFS of deliverables including the following, to be taken forward on a best for programme basis: •Sub-scale S coil demonstration; •Conceptual design of selected poloidal field (“PF”) coil and delivery roadmap; •Development of full-scale TF cable manufacturing capability; •HTS tape quality control methodology and implementation proposal. Further deliverables may include: •Toroidal field (“TF”) model coil fully manufactured and integrated; •use of TE’s test facilities for demonstrator coil testing; •provision of independent design review services, to be agreed between parties. •Development of the Magnets (and associated) industrial sectors and supply chains. (B)ST40 Device Owner and Operator The Contract will provide for access, targeted modification, utilisation and simulation regarding ST40 in order to advance the understanding of edge plasma, tokamak exhaust and microwave plasma physics for STEP. (C)Supporting Fusion Capability and Capacity The Contract will also include a mechanism for UKIFS to engage TE to provide supporting capability and services relating to high field, spherical tokamak physics, technology and engineering development. This shall include, but is not limited to: sensors, electron cyclotron heating and current drive, tokamak design integration and testing.

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.

Tokamak Energy Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
£70m
Awarded
25 Mar 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 07054929
Location
Abingdon, UKJ14, OX14 4SD, United Kingdom

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
ocds-h6vhtk-067416
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCRM-7973-DCBL

Address

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

Contact

Name
Ema Burden
Telephone
+44 1235 464381

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
Tokamak Energy Ltd
Id
GB-COH-07054929

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
07054929

Address

Street Address
173 Brook Drive, Milton Park,
Locality
Abingdon
Postal Code
OX14 4SD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Name
Ross Morgan

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Magnets Partner Agreement
Status
pending
Date
25 Mar 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71300000
Description
Engineering services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71320000
Description
Engineering design services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
71632000
Description
Technical testing services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
72244000
Description
Prototyping services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
73000000
Description
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
73100000
Description
Research and experimental development services
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
84,000,000
Amount
70,000,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-07054929
Name
Tokamak Energy Ltd

Standstill Period

Ends
8 Apr 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
15 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
14 Apr 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The contract includes an option to extend for a further two years, exercisable as two separate one-year extensions, up to 31st March 2031.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
028125-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
26 Mar 2026, 16:12
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
14 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 027449-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 027488-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 028125-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·