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

UK Atomic Energy Authority · published 27 Oct 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release IDa9476c7e-eca9-404d-b2c5-0af41d2af187-869659
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-c31b1fb3-f9ef-4e11-a903-bc3a81f6a586
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-313330
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£3,083,562
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Tender value
Not disclosed
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Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
73000000
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery
South East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

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.

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release27 Oct 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published15 Aug 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Aegis Fibretech Ltd

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Amentum Clean Energy Ltd

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First Light Fusion Ltd

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Glass Technology Services Ltd

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Kyoto Fusioneering UK Ltd

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MATERIALS NEXUS LTD

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Monolith Performance Ltd

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Oxford Sigma Ltd

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TWI Ltd

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Tokamak Energy Ltd

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University of Warwick

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 27 Oct 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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