Contracting Authorities

Contracting authority:

UK Fusion Energy Ltd

Public Procurement Organisation Number:

PCRM-7973-DCBL

Address:

Culham Science Campus, Oxfordshire
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
UK

Contact name:

Phoebe Legard

Email:

phoebe.legard@ukifs.uk

Telephone:

Not provided

Website:

Not provided

Organisation type:

REGIONAL_AUTHORITY

Devolved regulations that apply:

None

Procedure

Procedure type:

Below threshold

Special regime:

None

Scope

Title:

Fuel Cycle Technical Specification Development

Reference number:

PP-UKFE-183

Description:

The STEP programme aims to deliver a UK prototype fusion energy power plant in the 2040s and establish a credible pathway to the commercial deployment of fusion energy. United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd (UKFE Ltd) seeks to maximise the national and regional economic and industrial benefit of the STEP programme, in line with the strategy published in March 2026, which is featured below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-fusion-energy-ltd-ukfe-strategy

Expertise in fusion and particularly tritium handling system design, manufacture, and commissioning is concentrated within national laboratories, research facilities, and a limited specialist supply chain. There is not yet a unified set of nationally or internationally adopted codes and standards that define prescriptive tritium design and qualification requirements in a form readily accessible to new or adjacent suppliers.

This absence of clear, standardised, and accessible design benchmarks represents a barrier to wider supply‐chain engagement and hinders opportunities to expand UK industrial participation in fusion delivery. This contract aims to develop baseline technical specifications for select fuel cycle equipment that would enable pre-qualification of equipment suppliers for STEP.
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Contract value:

Not provided

Contract Details

Contract 1

Title:

Fuel Cycle Technical Specification Development

Reference number:

Not provided

Contract value:

GBP 156,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold:

Yes

Award decision date:

17/09/2026

Earliest date the contract will be signed:

02/10/2026

Contract dates (estimated):

05/10/2026 to 05/04/2027

Main procurement category:

SERVICES

CPV classifications:

71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services.

71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services.

72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services.

73210000 - Research consultancy services.

Delivery regions:

UK - UNITED KINGDOM

Supplier

Supplier:

Fusion Fuel Cycles

Companies House:

PMGG-4635-CNGP

Address:

286 Plant Rd, Chalk River
Ontario
K0J 1J0
CA

Email:

denys.elliot@ffc.inc

Telephone:

Not provided

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):

Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):

No

Supported employment provider:

No

Public service mutual:

No

Other organisations

Not provided