Closed tender

Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) Test Facility (TF)

Details

Buyer: UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd
Topic: Magnets
Published: 12 March 2025
Submission: 25 March 2025
Source: uk:bluelight

Tender description

UKIFS intends to create an advanced test facility that supports the STEP program by ensuring the functionality and reliability of advanced HTS magnets through rigorous testing. This MEN aims to gather information from potential suppliers on solutions and improvements in relation to the contracting approach for a large, strategic procurement of the MCTF. This is not a request for quotation but a preliminary stage to assess the market.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published12 March 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date25 March 2025

About the buyer

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. The company was formed in November 2024 to deliver STEP Fusion. STEP is a prototype fusion power plant planned for West Burton in Nottinghamshire. Major delivery runs through an Integrated Delivery Team of industrial partners. ILIOS, a joint venture of Kier and Nuvia, is the construction partner. Tokamak Energy is the first system partner, for magnets.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, software and information systems and research and development.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-industrial-fusion-solutions-ltd.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-industrial-fusion-solutions-ltd.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-industrial-fusion-solutions-ltd.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-industrial-fusion-solutions-ltd.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-industrial-fusion-solutions-ltd.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-industrial-fusion-solutions-ltd.gov