Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/05/2024
Expire date: 30/08/2024
External Reference: 00718f9a-4b70-4e18-a83c-6cd06d04ca05
Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/05/2024
Expire date: 30/08/2024
External Reference: 00718f9a-4b70-4e18-a83c-6cd06d04ca05
Official name: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Url: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
Address line 1: Culham Campus
Town: Abingdon
Postal Code: OX14 3DB
Country: England
Contact person:
E-mail: procurement@step.ukaea.uk
Phone:
Title attributed to the contract: STEP Engineering Partner and Construction Partner
Description:
UKAEA (on behalf of UKIFS – a special purpose vehicle to be established during the procurement process as the delivery body for STEP) is conducting this Procurement for an Engineering Partner (EP) and a Construction Partner (CP), who, together with a Fusion Partner (determined to be UKAEA), will bring together and develop extensive industrial capabilities to design and build a UK prototype fusion energy plant capable of delivering net-energy to the grid, and build a world-leading fusion delivery industry. The Procurement is divided into two lots: • Lot 1: Engineering Partner (EP) • Lot 2: Construction Partner (CP) Both contract terms will be an initial three (3) year period, followed by three (3) optional extension periods of four (4), six (6) and seven (7) years (these durations are subject to change as the Programme develops). UKIFS will have the right to exercise an extension option on six (6) months’ notice. The maximum contract duration for both contracts will be twenty (20) years with an estimated value of £10,000,000,000 each across this period.
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UKIFS will take over responsibility for running the procurement when it is established part way through the procurement process and will be the client entity that will enter into the contracts at the conclusion of the procurement.