Detailed design and build of a scaled down Fast Acting Low Conductance (FALCON)

Buyer
United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd
Value
£200,000
Closes
4 December 2026
Where
Culham
Type
Open tender

In plain English

United Kingdom Fusion Energy Ltd wants a supplier to design and build a smaller test version of a fast-acting valve, called FALCON. The valve will protect vacuum pumping equipment at the STEP Prototype Powerplant against sudden rushes of air. The valve must shut fully within 37.5 milliseconds.

What the buyer wants

• Detailed design of a scaled down FALCON prototype valve, including the casing, the actuation mechanism and the seals that keep the valve working and the process gas line vacuum-tight. • Manufacture (build) of the scaled down prototype valve. • The prototype must reach its closed position within 37.5 milliseconds.

Requirements

What could rule a small business out: The notice requires specialist engineering design and build of a fast-acting vacuum isolation valve that must close within 37.5 milliseconds, which would most likely rule out small trade businesses that lack this kind of precision valve engineering capability.

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