Contract award · 18 Aug 2023

SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority awarded “SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2…” to Duality Quantum Photonics, Twi Limited, Alloyed Limited for £11.7m.

No competitionResearch & developmentSouth East

Value across 10 lots £11.7m
WinnersDuality Quantum Photonics SME, Twi Limited +7 more

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · Body governed by public law
Value
£11,662,910.03 across 10 lots
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Aug 2023
  2. Published19 Sep 2023Published 32 days after the contract date

Description

A Phase 2 Pre-Commercial Procurement under SBRI. . Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture Projects can focus on one or more of the following under this theme: fusion grade steels, for example, reduced activation Ferritic or Martensitic (RAFM) development, including, Castable Nanostructured Alloys (CNAs), and Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) steels liquid Metal testing, for example Li, PbLi and Pb scalable or large volume manufacture of tritium breeder materials irradiation resilient joining materials and processes, for example, Tungsten based armour materials, CuCrZr or vacuum vessel ports including fused silica, Mo, MgAl2O4, ZnS, ZnSe novel manufacture of multi-metre complex structures and components for fusion environments testing and evaluation scalable or large volume manufacture of neutron shielding materials manufacture of complex geometry components in refractory metals additive manufacture for non-water coolant com…

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureDuality Quantum Photonics SME£1.43m
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systemsTwi Limited£999k
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureAlloyed Limited£1.5m
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systemsCal Gavin Limited£1.04m
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureFull Matrix Ltd SME£535k
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureJacobs£1.46m
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureOxford Sigma SME£1.5m
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureTwi Limited£809k
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufactureUniversity of Birmingham£1.5m
SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture3-Sci SME£896k

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