Detailed design and build of a scaled down Fast Acting Low Conductance (FALCON)
UK Fusion Energy Ltd · published 9 Nov 2026
- Deadline
- 4 Dec 2026, 17:00 · questions by 27 Nov 2026, 12:00
- Estimated value
- £200,000 excluding VAT where stated
- Procedure
- Open procedure · above threshold
- Contract dates
- 5 Apr 2027 to 5 Apr 2028
- Where
- UK-wide
- Categories (CPV)
- 42131140 Pressure-reducing, control, check or safety valves
- 71320000 Engineering design services
- 73300000 Design and execution of research and development
- Small businesses
- The buyer marks this as suitable for SMEs.
- Award criteria
- Technical (quality)60%
- Commerical (price)30%
- Social Value (quality)10%
Description
The scope of this work is to provide the detailed design and manufacture of a scaled down Fast Acting Low Conductance valve (FALCON) prototype which will be used to safeguard the proposed exhaust vacuum pumping technology against Disruption mitigation or sudden massive air ingress events for the STEP Prototype Powerplant (SPP). The scope of work includes the detail design and build of a scaled down prototype, which includes everything within the Vacuum Gate/Isolation valve casing (including the casing itself), mainly the actuation mechanism and the seals required to maintain both the operation of the isolation valve and the vacuum integrity of the process gas line. The fast-acting nature of the valve requires it to reach its defined ‘close’ position within 37.5 ms.
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