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Third Party Verification and Validation of the STEP Whole Programme Cost Estimate

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 04:46.

Opportunity overview

The STEP Programme has a requirement to submit their first whole programme cost estimate to HM Treasury in early Q4 2026. As such, UKFE seeks to appoint an external party to perform the necessary independent verification and validation (V&V) activities of the Whole Programme Cost Estimate, to support the submission to Government, and help inform best practice for future iterations. Although the submission is not part of a formal business case, this V&V activity should be performed as appropriate for Finance Cases following the UK Government 5 case model. Please note that this procurement was undertaken via the MCF4 Framework (Lot 3). This was explicitly stated in the procedure description within the published tender notice and was reiterated in all communications issued to prospective suppliers and bidders throughout the procurement process, thereby ensuring transparency, consistency, and equal treatment of all parties.

Awarded to

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KPMG LLP

Matched by number
Published award value
£175k
Awarded
1 Jun 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH OC301540
Location
London, UKI42, E14 5GL, 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
PP-UKIFS-175
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

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

Contact

Name
Phoebe Legard

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
KPMG LLP
Id
GB-COH-OC301540

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
OC301540

Address

Street Address
15 Canada Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
E14 5GL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Name
Joe Manning

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Date
2 Jun 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
2 Jun 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71242000
Description
Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71244000
Description
Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
210,000
Amount
175,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-OC301540
Name
KPMG LLP

Contract period

Starts
11 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2026, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
052444-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Jun 2026, 15:19
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
10 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 040956-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 052444-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·