At a glance
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd has awarded £275.7m across 56 suppliers, with 89 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 76% · 36 open notices now · 5 awards in last 90 d (£142.2m) · SME share 43% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd is a contracting authority, based in UKJ14. Tracks 157 published notices and 72 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
51
Open (bidding)
36
Awarded (90d)
5
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 89 live
All contracts with a published award notice where UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeder Blanket System Partner (BBSP) | — | 71300000 | £0est. | — | planning |
| Test Operations Partner – West Burton Region | — | 71300000 | — | — | planning |
| Crane Concept Design Study | — | 42410000 | £0est. | — | planning |
| Procurement of 15/15 Ti Austenitic Stainless-Steel Plates | — | — | — | complete | |
| Vapour-Phase Electrolysis Design and Development | — | 71320000 | £125kest. | — | planning |
| Procurement of 316L(N)-IG Austenitic Stainless-Steel plates | — | — | — | withdrawn | |
| Adhesive-less Materials for Vacuum Cryopump Cryopanels (AMVAC) | — | 71323000 | £300kest. | — | planning |
| Third Party Verification and Validation of the STEP Whole Programme Cost Estimate | — | 71242000 | £250kest. | — | active |
| STEP Interim Socio-economic Evaluation | — | 79419000 | £500kest. | — | active |
| Justification of Practice for Fusion Energy-Application Consultation Support from Norfolk Garrett | Norfolk Garrett Ltd | — | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 2 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKJ14
- Companies House
- 14620804
- Contact
- Bruce Kirkwood
- operationalprocurement.step@ukifs.uk
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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