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Toroidal Field Model Coil Assembly Partner - market engagement

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 estimated value is £8,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 3 years with extensions, starting 1 June 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 20 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

UKIFS is undertaking preliminary market engagement for a forthcoming opportunity to appoint an Assembly Partner for its Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) project - a first-of-a-kind high-temperature superconducting magnet to support the STEP programme. Prior experience with superconducting magnets is not required; UKIFS welcomes engagement from organisations with relevant high-tech or precision-manufacturing capabilities. Interested suppliers are invited to access the document in Delta e-sourcing for further information and to participate in the engagement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingdon:-Magnets./4KZUV82EZ6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4KZUV82EZ6

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 072584-2025

Last time this was bought

2G (REBCO-based) HTS Tape for the STEP Toroidal Field Model Coil

Awarded
31 October 2025
Value
£7,000,000
Bids
7
Contract ends
30 June 2027

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

Procurements

91

Awards

38

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From notice 072584-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 10 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.