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Contracts for Innovation Competition Fusion Industry Challenges: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion

Details

Supplier(s)
Value
£3,083,562.36
Duration
6 months
Topic
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published
27 October 2025

Tender description

This is a Contracts for Innovation (previously SBRI) competition funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. The aim of the competition is to develop solutions to fusion energy challenges in two key priority areas. The competition has 1 theme: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion. We expect to fund a number of projects. Each project should be delivered by April 2026. Each project can range in size up to total costs of £250,000, inclusive of VAT. Please refer to attachments for the full competition guidance.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date6 October 2025
  2. Completed: Award published27 October 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

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.

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  • 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services

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