01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- UK Fusion Energy Ltd
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
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.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Magnets Partner Agreement
- Awarded
- 25 March 2026
- Award value
- £70,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
UK Fusion Energy Ltd
Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UKJ14, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PCRM-7973-DCBLTokamak Energy Ltd
173 Brook Drive, Milton Park,, Abingdon, UKJ14, OX14 4SD, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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