Award

STEP Model Coil Test Facility Concept Design Information Services

  • UK INDUSTRIAL FUSION SOLUTIONS LTD

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-084937

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d0fb (view related notices)

Published 19 December 2025, 1:52pm



Scope

Reference

PP-UKIFS-250a

Description

UKIFS seeks to develop designs of the Model Coil Test Facility (MCTF) from the current stage (Preconcept Design and Requirements Capture), up to completion of the Concept Design stage, allowing UKIFS to proceed to the next stages of the design, i.e. Preliminary Design and Detailed Design.


Contract 1. .

Supplier

Contract value

  • £750,000 excluding VAT
  • £900,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

19 December 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

19 December 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 5 January 2026
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

19 January 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 19 January 2026 to 19 July 2026
  • 6 months, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71320000 - Engineering design services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Information about tenders

  • 3 tenders received
  • 3 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 2 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

Bilfinger Nuclear and Energy Transition GmbH

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDRZ-7878-HPTR

Europaallee 1

Oberhausen

46047

Germany

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1. .


Contracting authority

UK INDUSTRIAL FUSION SOLUTIONS LTD

  • Companies House: 14620804
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCRM-7973-DCBL

Culham Science Centre

Abingdon

OX14 3DB

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

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