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title: "SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0401c9"
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# SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition

Buyer: UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0401c9

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## Summary

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has completed the procurement process for the SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition. The competition aimed to develop solutions to fusion energy challenges, focusing on two key areas: improving fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems, and enhancing fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture. The procurement method was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The competition took place in the services industry category in the United Kingdom, with an award date of 18th August 2023.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses involved in research services, fusion energy technologies, and materials development. Companies with expertise in areas such as microwave heating, neutral particle beam systems, fusion-grade steels, and complex structure manufacturing are well-suited to compete. Additionally, businesses focusing on innovative technologies for fusion reactors, such as high-temperature superconductors or advanced composite materials, can benefit from participating in this tender. The successful bidders for this procurement include TWI LIMITED, CAL GAVIN LIMITED, and other suppliers who secured contracts for specific project components worth a total amount of 7,859,016.35 GBP.

## Notice

This is a Small Business Research Initiative (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 two themes. Theme 1: Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems Theme 2: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture This is also a Phase 2 Competition from the successful delivery of Phase 1.

### Lot Information

Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems

A Phase 2 Pre-Commercial Procurement under SBRI. 1. Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems. Projects can focus on one or more of the following under this theme: Microwave heating challenges: high power, long pulse microwave sources with high electrical efficiency (greater than or equal to 55%) development of special waveguide components, for example, diamond window assemblies, power monitors, expansion units, vacuum pumping access improvements on the high voltage power supplies (50kV) for reduced voltage ripple in a compact assembly while maintaining high electrical efficiency (greater than or equal to 98%) development of optical mirrors for evacuation of high thermal loads (approximately 5MW/m2) high precision optical alignment assemblies for the free space to waveguide coupling Neutral particle beam heating challenges: negative ion beam system with high electrical efficiency (greater than 60%) improved beam neutralisation efficiency, for example, Plasma or Laser Neutralisers development of residual ion energy recovery. improved negative ion source efficiency with caesium free operation reduction in scale; improved ion optics, source uniformity and power handling to reduce size of components development of actively cooled high heat flux components (approximately 5-10 MW/m2) with reactor relevant materials development of fault tolerant 1-2MV fast switching power supply systems with high electrical efficiency development of vacuum pumping systems with pumping speeds of millions of litres per second which allow continuous operation Reactor high heat flux components: jet impingement cooling technology transfer sCO2 as coolant diamond components for heat dispersion novel discrete limiter designs, for example, vaporisation layers, speed of maintenance or increased heat flux performance Additional information: All applicants that received a total average score of 7 were invited to the second stage of the evaluation, which was an assessment centre, evaluated across four overarching topics, scored out of 5.

Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture

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 components anti-corrosion coatings or novel application methods of corrosion and tritium barrier coatings for complex geometry components development of on-line activation measurements in situ health monitoring of fusion reactor components novel inspection of interfaces in complex multi-material fusion components radiation hard improvements for fusion equipment and plant novel energy conversion technology high temperature superconductors composite materials such as silicon carbide fibre, reinforced silicon carbide novel materials for radiation hard electronic components Additional information: All applicants that received a total average score of 7 were invited to the second stage of the evaluation, which was an assessment centre, evaluated across four overarching topics, scored out of 5.

### Procurement Information

Pre-commercial Procurement. Not subject to Public Contract Regulation 2015. https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/guidance-for-applicants/general-guidance/#contents-list

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027558-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Sep 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Aug 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £11,662,905 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY |
| Locality | ABINGDON |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX14 3DB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | South Oxfordshire |
| Electoral ward | Sandford & the Wittenhams |
| Westminster constituency | Didcot and Wantage |
| Delivery location | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 9 |
| Supplier names | 3-SCI; ALLOYED; CAL GAVIN; DUALITY QUANTUM PHOTONICS; FULL MATRIX; JACOBS; OXFORD SIGMA; THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM; TWI |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 19 Sep 2023 at 07:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027558-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/72814
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
- https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/guidance-for-applicants/general-guidance/#contents-list

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