Award

STEP HCD Transmission Line Waveguide

  • UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd.

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-000793

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05df32 (view related notices)

Published 6 January 2026, 4:05pm



Scope

Reference

PP-UKIFS-375

Description

The objective of this requirement is to provide preliminary design for the waveguide diameter and corrugations for the Transmission Line (TL) that maximises the power transmission and mode purity over the frequency spectrum used for the STEP Heating and Current Drive (HCD) system

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Contract 1. STEP HCD Transmission Line Waveguide

Supplier

Contract value

  • £168,234.33 excluding VAT
  • £201,881.19 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Award decision date

6 January 2026

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

6 January 2026

Earliest date the contract will be signed

16 January 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 19 January 2026 to 15 March 2027
  • Possible extension to 15 September 2027
  • 1 year, 7 months, 28 days

Description of possible extension:

Optional Extension

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
  • 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
  • 72240000 - Systems analysis and programming services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Information about tenders

  • 4 tenders received
  • 3 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 2 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure


Supplier

MuWave Limited

71-75 Shelton Street,

London

WC2H 9JQ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Helen Webster

Email: helen@muwave.uk

Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. STEP HCD Transmission Line Waveguide


Contracting authority

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd.

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCRM-7973-DCBL

Culham Campus, Abingdon

Abingdon

OX14 3DB

United Kingdom

Telephone: 00000000000

Email: operationalprocurement.step@ukifs.uk

Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)