Fusion Pipe Maintenance End to End Solution
Details
- Topic
- Industrial machinery
- Published
- 13 June 2025
- Submission
- 16 July 2025
- Source
- uk:bluelight
Tender description
UKAEA wish to engage with potential suppliers for the provision of tool design, development and testing to enable fusion pipe maintenance to be carried out remotely on 65mm stainless steel pipes. The maintenance functions are cutting, alignment, welding, inspection and pipe end preparation. Pipes must be cut and rejoined as part of the operational and decommissioning phases of any fusion power plant because during its lifetime components in the heart of the machine will require replacement several times and each component will have at least two pipe connections. UKAEA invite suppliers to engage with them in assessing industry capability in this area. Lot 109518: Fusion Pipe Maintenance End to End Solution Fusion Futures Programme wishes to engage with potential suppliers for the provision of tool design, development and testing to enable fusion pipe maintenance to be carried out remotely on 65mm stainless steel pipes. Main pipe maintenance functions cutting, alignment, welding, inspection and pipe end preparation. Pipes must be cut and rejoined remotely as part of the operation and decommissioning phases of any fusion plant. Suppliers are invited to engage with FF to identify industry capability
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published13 June 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date16 July 2025
About the buyer
The UK Atomic Energy Authority is the central government body behind the UK's fusion energy programmes and tenders every opportunity above a low-value threshold. Opportunities and notices are published on the Central Digital Platform, also known as Find a Tender. Bidders access all tender documents through EU Supply, the authority's centralised platform. Much of this procurement flows through government frameworks, including the Crown Commercial Service. A quarterly procurement pipeline gives visibility of larger forthcoming opportunities. Two published charters, on the supply chain and on social value, set out the authority's approach to its suppliers.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, software and information systems and industrial machinery.
Relevant CPV codes
- 42000000 · Industrial machinery
- 71323000 · Engineering-design services for industrial process and production
- 71333000 · Mechanical engineering services
- 71632200 · Non-destructive testing services
- 73120000 · Experimental development services
- 76600000 · Pipeline-inspection services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov |
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