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Cryogenics Partner for the STEP Programme

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd · Public undertaking

In brief

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd has announced plans to buy architecture and engineering and research work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 27 months, starting 1 January 2027.

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Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 25 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The proposed scope under consideration comprises three principal areas: Cryogenic Plant; Cryogenic Distribution System; and Cryogenic User Integration. The STEP cryogenic system is intended to provide the cryogenic cooling infrastructure required to support major plant systems throughout the STEP Prototype Powerplant. Current concepts indicate that the system will comprise a large-scale cryogenic plant, an extensive cryogenic distribution network and integration with multiple cryogenic users across the programme. The system is expected to provide refrigeration across a range of temperature levels, including approximately 80 K, 20 K and 4.5 K, using a combination of helium, hydrogen and nitrogen as cryogenic fluids. The cryogenic system is expected to deliver approximately 65 kWth of cooling at 4.5 K equivalent. The refrigeration load is comprised of approximately 520 kWth at 80 K, 170 kWth at 20 K, and 8 kWth at 4.5 K. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingdon:-Heat-exchange-units-and-machinery-for-liquefying-air-or-other-gases./3DSBJT2RU2 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3DSBJT2RU2

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Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 093169-2026

Last time this was bought

Magnets Partner Agreement

Awarded
25 March 2026
Value
£70,000,000

Matched on UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions LtdLast 12 months

Procurements

99

Awards

42

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From notice 093169-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 2 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 2 October 2026.