Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing Equipment

UKAEA wishes to engage with potential lead contractors, SME’s, manufacturers for the procurement and supply of Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing equipment for the UKAEA. The goal of this procurement activity is to establish UK-unique Ultra-High Temperature Materials Testing equipment (UHT-MaT) for complex, representative mechanical testing under vacuum at ultra-high temperatures, 2,500+ °C for the following material families of interest: refractory metallic alloys, ceramics, and ceramic-matrix composites. UHT-MaT will be housed at UKAEA’s premises in Culham, Oxfordshire, UK by October 2027 at the latest. After the engagement exercise, and dependent on securing funding, UKAEA intend to issue an Invitation to Tender through the EU Supply and Find a Tender portals (replacement to Tenders Electronic Daily) to procure services for design and provision of equipment through competitively tendered contracts.