STEP Technologies Global Supply Chain Analysis and Exploitation of Economic Value
UK INDUSTRIAL FUSION SOLUTIONS LTDEstimated Value
£300,000 – £500,000
Deadline
1 August 2025
Published
20 August 2025
Type
Not specified
Overview
Taking each of the technologies, or a sub-set selected for their economic value potential, deliver an understanding of the nature of this commercial potential and the barriers and opportunities open to STEP in stimulating or attracting it to the UK economy. This contract (Lot 2 of the procurement) will support UKIFS in identifying, evaluating, and prioritising opportunities across the global supply base for STEP's technology needs. The outcome must be a fully informed, practical, and prioritised view of where and how the STEP programme can extract value and benefit from existing supply chains, and where and how it should stimulate capability development, attract inward investment or foster new industrial partnerships to enable long-term delivery success.
Lots (2)
- Lot 1Independent, expert, global analysis of the relative economic value of the opportunities associated with the technology development (and a selection of critical materials where they may offer opportunities for sourcing or processing in the UK) demand created by the STEP Prototype
- Lot 2UK Industrial Fusion Solutions (UKIFS) seeks to appoint a highly capable and experienced supplier to deliver a strategic global supply chain analysis that is essential to the successful commercial delivery of the STEP Prototype Fusion Plant
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Award Details
HELIXOS LTD
£300,000
DELOITTE LLP
£500,000
Likely incumbents
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- 1
The University of Manchester
3 contracts wonlatest 13 Oct 2026ends 2 Nov 2028£2m
total awarded
- 2
Fujikura Europe Ltd
£7m
total awarded
- 3
Amentum Clean Energy Limited
2 contracts wonlatest 13 Oct 2026ends 2 Nov 2028£6m
total awarded
- 4
Oxford Sigma Limited
2 contracts wonlatest 13 Oct 2026ends 2 Nov 2028£6m
total awarded
- 5
Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 13 Oct 2026ends 31 Mar 2027£2m
total awarded
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UK Industrial Fusion Solutions LTDKey Dates
Published
20 August 2025
Submission deadline
1 August 2025
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