Magnets Partner Agreement

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions LtdcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-067416Procurement Act 2023pending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£70.0m

Awarded 25 Mar 2026

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

26 Mar 2026

Description

The Contract shall engage Tokamak Energy Ltd in three capacities: (a) UK Magnet Champion; (b) ST40 Device Owner and Operator; and (c) Supporting Fusion Capability and Capacity, as set out below, together constituting a combined capability able to deliver all required elements. (A)UK Magnet Champion TE will be appointed to act as prime contractor, managing delivery on behalf of UKIFS of deliverables including the following, to be taken forward on a best for programme basis: •Sub-scale S coil demonstration; •Conceptual design of selected poloidal field (“PF”) coil and delivery roadmap; •Development of full-scale TF cable manufacturing capability; •HTS tape quality control methodology and implementation proposal. Further deliverables may include: •Toroidal field (“TF”) model coil fully manufactured and integrated; •use of TE’s test facilities for demonstrator coil testing; •provision of independent design review services, to be agreed between parties. •Development of the Magnets (and associated) industrial sectors and supply chains. (B)ST40 Device Owner and Operator The Contract will provide for access, targeted modification, utilisation and simulation regarding ST40 in order to advance the understanding of edge plasma, tokamak exhaust and microwave plasma physics for STEP. (C)Supporting Fusion Capability and Capacity The Contract will also include a mechanism for UKIFS to engage TE to provide supporting capability and services relating to high field, spherical tokamak physics, technology and engineering development. This shall include, but is not limited to: sensors, electron cyclotron heating and current drive, tokamak design integration and testing.

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-067416
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Direct award

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£70.0m

Award date

25 Mar 2026

Contract start

14 Apr 2026

Contract end

14 Apr 2029

Awarded to
TE
SME