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Contracts for Innovation Competition Fusion Industry Challenges: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion

UK Atomic Energy Authority

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services
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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
South East
Delivery: South East, United Kingdom
Contract value
Not stated by buyer
Submissions closed
15 August 2025
Published
27 October 2025

Procurement

Contract period
6 October 2025 - 31 March 2026
5 months
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

What happened

UK Atomic Energy Authority awarded this contract to Aegis Fibretech Ltd | Amentum Clean Energy Ltd | First Light Fusion Ltd | Glass Technology Services Ltd | Kyoto Fusioneering UK Ltd | MATERIALS NEXUS LTD | Monolith Performance Ltd | Oxford Sigma Ltd | Tokamak Energy Ltd | TWI Ltd | University of Warwick worth £3,083,562 on 29 Sept 2025. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2026.

Description

This is a Contracts for Innovation (previously SBRI) competition funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. The aim of the competition is to develop solutions to fusion energy challenges in two key priority areas. The competition has 1 theme: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion.

We expect to fund a number of projects. Each project should be delivered by April 2026.

Each project can range in size up to total costs of £250,000, inclusive of VAT.

Please refer to attachments for the full competition guidance.

Awarded suppliers (11)

Suppliers
  • Aegis Fibretech Ltd
  • Amentum Clean Energy Ltd
  • First Light Fusion Ltd
  • Glass Technology Services Ltd
  • Kyoto Fusioneering UK Ltd
  • MATERIALS NEXUS LTD
  • Monolith Performance Ltd
  • Oxford Sigma Ltd
  • Tokamak Energy Ltd
  • TWI Ltd
  • University of Warwick
Award value
£3,083,562
Award date
29 September 2025

Contact

Address
Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB
Contact name
Emily Akehurst

Identifiers

Buyer reference
20251027111923-72814
Notice ID
a9476c7e-eca9-404d-b2c5-0af41d2af187-869659
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-c31b1fb3-f9ef-4e11-a903-bc3a81f6a586

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