Awarded contract

Magnets Partner Agreement

Details

Supplier(s)
TOKAMAK ENERGY LTD
Value
£70,000,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Engineering services
Published
25 March 2026

Tender description

The Contract shall engage Tokamak Energy Ltd in three capacities: (a) UK Magnet Champion; (b) ST40 Device Owner and Operator; and (c) Supporting Fusion Capability and Capacity, as set out below, together constituting a combined capability able to deliver all required elements. (A)UK Magnet Champion TE will be appointed to act as prime contractor, managing delivery on behalf of UKIFS of deliverables including the following, to be taken forward on a best for programme basis: •Sub-scale S coil demonstration; •Conceptual design of selected poloidal field (“PF”) coil and delivery roadmap; •Development of full-scale TF cable manufacturing capability; •HTS tape quality control methodology and implementation proposal. Further deliverables may include: •Toroidal field (“TF”) model coil fully manufactured and integrated; •use of TE’s test facilities for demonstrator coil testing; •provision of independent design review services, to be agreed between parties. •Development of the Magnets (and associated) industrial sectors and supply chains. (B)ST40 Device Owner and Operator The Contract will provide for access, targeted modification, utilisation and simulation regarding ST40 in order to advance the understanding of edge plasma, tokamak exhaust and microwave plasma physics for STEP. (C)Supporting Fusion Capability and Capacity The Contract will also include a mechanism for UKIFS to engage TE to provide supporting capability and services relating to high field, spherical tokamak physics, technology and engineering development. This shall include, but is not limited to: sensors, electron cyclotron heating and current drive, tokamak design integration and testing. ## Contract award Title: Magnets Partner Agreement

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published25 March 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date25 March 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date14 April 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

UK Fusion Energy Ltd delivers the STEP Fusion programme and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UKAEA Group. The company is sponsored by DESNZ. An integrated team of industrial partners leads plant design and delivery. UKAEA is the fusion partner, ILIOS the construction partner and Tokamak Energy the first system partner. The UKFE Embedded Engineering Resources Framework is among its live opportunities. Further system partner roles cover the fuel cycle, breeder blanket and plant controls.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Fusion Energy Ltd's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, research and development and IT services.

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