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Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace

UK Atomic Energy Authority · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 05:48.

Opportunity overview

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace at its Culham Campus site, Oxfordshire. The requirement must fit with a previously supplied vacuum furnace and operate at the furnace parameters.

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.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
ocds-h6vhtk-069277
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 states a particular supplier having intellectual property rights, or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods and there are no reasonable alternative to those goods. The goods in this requirement are required to conform/work with with goods which are protected by Intellectual Property. As such we are unable to obtain or confirm the details to allow a competitive tender exercise to be undertaken.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLJV-1169-JTDD

Address

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

Contact

Name
Robert Franklin
Telephone
+44 1235466915

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Busch (UK) Ltd trading as Vacuum Furnace Engineering
Id
GB-PPON-PWYW-9582-JTRT

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWYW-9582-JTRT

Address

Street Address
Hortonwood 30
Locality
Telford
Postal Code
TF1 7YB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG21

Contact

Name
Richard Eales

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
42122450
Description
Vacuum pumps
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
42122161
Description
Cooling-water pumps

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWYW-9582-JTRT
Name
Busch (UK) Ltd trading as Vacuum Furnace Engineering

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Title
Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
27 May 2026, 01:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Supply of commercially off the shelf items against agreed stages which will be monitored.

Period

Starts
27 May 2026, 01:00
Ends
31 Jan 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
225,780
Amount
188,150
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
051863-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Jun 2026, 12:52
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 041549-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 041703-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 051863-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·