# Plant Information System and Associated Services

> 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: £6,600,000
- Published: 25 March 2022
- Planned start: 29 April 2022
- Planned end: 30 April 2022
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: df8781d5-acfc-4a3a-9812-36fb33589241-521761
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9c3c0514-d046-4f84-8183-af999a8ce913

## Description

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is looking to procure a commercially available Plant Information System software suite and an associated services partner, to enable successful deployment and adoption of a system that meets the needs of the STEP Programme \(Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production\)\. The STEP programme aims to build on UK global leadership in fusion; deliver a prototype reactor by 2040, prove the viability of fusion as a technology for generating electricity \. A STEP Plant Information System is envisaged to provide a centralised repository for all Plant/Reactor information assets\. The information backbone provided by such a system will record the 'Digital Thread', tracing relationships and origins between data sets, to capture the evolutionary design rationale and intent, of the fusion reactor definition, eventually leading to a 5D Building Information Model\. The initial term of the contract will be in place until March 2024 with the option to extend by a further period of three years Initial term \+1\+1\+1\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df8781d5-acfc-4a3a-9812-36fb33589241-521761)