Scope
Reference
PP-UKIFS-040
Description
The contract aims to improve plasma and fuel cycle interface modelling by incorporating plasma requirements, expanding interface complexity, and integrating various plasma modes and states. It also seeks to enhance the Design Structure Method (DSM) for modelling plasma control interfaces, with a focus on the plasma-fuel cycle interface.
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Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £150,000 excluding VAT
- £180,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
18 August 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 19 August 2025 to 2 August 2026
- 11 months, 15 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 71350000 - Engineering-related scientific and technical services
- 71356000 - Technical services
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73110000 - Research services
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement
The proposed direct award is justified due to the need to build on highly specialised DSM work previously conducted for the STEP plasma control systems. This next phase extends the same methods to the fuel cycle plasma interface, requiring continuity of technical knowledge. Additionally, the work enhances outputs from the original contract, refining plasma modelling interfaces and integrating them into STEP's executive data systems infrastructure developed by the same supplier.
Supplier
TSM Engineering
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHPJ-2649-RPLX
1 RUE DE L'ESPLANADE
AIX-EN-PROVENCE
13090
France
Contact name: Torben Beernaert
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
UK INDUSTRIAL FUSION SOLUTIONS LTD
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCRM-7973-DCBL
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd, Culham Campus, Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 3DB
United Kingdom
Contact name: Operational Procurement
Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)