RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · tender 24 days to close

UK Fusion Energy Ltd

Design for Longevity- Electrolyser Prototype Design

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 73120000
Value£125k
Deadline14 Aug 2026
Published17 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 17 Jul 202624 days leftCloses 14 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Operational Procurement
operationalprocurement.step@ukifs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£125ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Research & Development band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

The STEP Fuel Cycle is the subsystem responsible for recovering, purifying and supplying tritium to the STEP fusion reactor.

Tritium is present in a variety of forms, phases and compositions, including tritiated water.

Vapour-phase electrolysis techniques such as solid-oxide electrolysis have been identified as a suitable technique for processing small quantities of tritiated water.

The scope is to deliver the conceptual design of an electrolyser system (electrochemical cell or stack).

This includes, but is not limited to, components of the electrolyser: electrolytes, electrodes, interconnects, separators, electrical connections, vessels, structural components, seals, gaskets, heating elements, inlet/outlet pipes, ports, flanges and instrumentation.

The scope does not include conceptual design of ‘Balance of Plant’ equipment such as power supplies, pumps, purification stages, boilers, compressors or dehumidifiers.

However, the impact on balance of plant equipment must be considered in design decisions for the electrolyser itself.

The scope is structured into three sequential phases with interim milestones.

These phases will progressively develop technical understanding, validate assumptions, and converge on agreed technical content.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingdon:-Engineering-services./U6AF2849MX To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/respond/U6AF2849MX

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The STEP Fuel Cycle is the subsystem

The STEP Fuel Cycle is the subsystem responsible for recovering, purifying and supplying tritium to the STEP fusion reactor.

02

The scope is to deliver the conceptual

The scope is to deliver the conceptual design of an electrolyser system (electrochemical cell or stack).

03

However, the impact on balance of plant

However, the impact on balance of plant equipment must be considered in design decisions for the electrolyser itself.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at UK Fusion Energy Ltd, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads UK Fusion Energy Ltd’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cdb2
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
067695-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Research & Development

Scroll to explore the market network

UK Fusion Energy Ltd’s tender network

Assembling the network…

Also open now

Similar open tenders

Clinical Requirements and Research Consultancy for Digital Solution Design

CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED

Closes 27 Jul 2026Healthcare
£173kValue