# STEP Engineering Partner and Construction Partner

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1
- Published: 22 May 2024
- Planned start: 1 April 2026
- Planned end: 31 March 2029
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: 00718f9a-4b70-4e18-a83c-6cd06d04ca05-753487
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-32eb2be3-c5fd-4b53-8326-6c3781ea421f

## Description

UKAEA \(on behalf of UKIFS - a special purpose vehicle to be established during the procurement process as the delivery body for STEP\) is conducting this Procurement for an Engineering Partner \(EP\) and a Construction Partner \(CP\), who, together with a Fusion Partner \(determined to be UKAEA\), will bring together and develop extensive industrial capabilities to design and build a UK prototype fusion energy plant capable of delivering net-energy to the grid, and build a world-leading fusion delivery industry\. The Procurement is divided into two lots: • Lot 1: Engineering Partner \(EP\) • Lot 2: Construction Partner \(CP\) Both contract terms will be an initial three \(3\) year period, followed by three \(3\) optional extension periods of four \(4\), six \(6\) and seven \(7\) years \(these durations are subject to change as the Programme develops\)\. UKIFS will have the right to exercise an extension option on six \(6\) months' notice\. The maximum contract duration for both contracts will be twenty \(20\) years with an estimated value of £10,000,000,000 each across this period\.

## Related contract awards

- [SBRI Competition Fusion Industry Challenges - Novel Concepts for Robust Diagnostics Systems, Sensing and Control](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4ca65c93-da99-4de7-a43a-afcbb86e40a8): United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- [Isolation Transformers](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a9eef88c-f5d2-4da4-a421-1c112cfabcc4): United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- [Employee Assistance Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a2e8d11a-9970-43cf-9088-a4c30017882c): United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/00718f9a-4b70-4e18-a83c-6cd06d04ca05-753487)