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AwardedAwarded 11 December 2025

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UK Atomic Energy Authority · Local or regional public body

In brief

UK Atomic Energy Authority awarded research work to Altrad Babcock Limited on 11 December 2025.

The notice gives a value of £50,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 4 months, starting 8 December 2025.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

This specification covers The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s (“the Authority’s”) requirement for the ERATO project to support the THALIA Project. The ERATO package is to identify, develop and experimentally prove out a preparation scheme for Liquid Scintillation Counting (“LSC”) of lithium salt breeder blanket materials, for direct tritium concentration analysis. The preparation technique is to be demonstrated in an argon/ nitrogen environment. The developed preparation scheme will be implemented into the THALIA workstream aiming to validate use of LSC for quantification of tritium in breeder blanket materials.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Altrad Babcock Limited
1 bid received
£49,995
Awarded 3 December 2025
11 December 2025 to 31 March 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 067817-2025
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 069220-2025
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 081829-2025
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 015236-2026

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From notice 067817-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 23 October 2025, last updated 19 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.