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Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace
Published 7 May 2026
7 May 2026
- Primary CPV
-
42122450 *
Vacuum pumps
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Oxfordshire, South East
- Value
- £188,150
- Contract
-
8 months Duration
20/05/2026 31/01/2027
- Contract Types
-
42 *Industrial machineryFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom · UKJ14
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
UK Atomic Energy Authority
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
42122450 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-069277
The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace at its Culham Campus site, Oxfordshire. The requirement must fit with a previously supplied vacuum furnace and operate at the furnace parameters.
Full CPV breakdown
- 42122450 — Vacuum pumps (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Goods
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Main category
- Goods
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Award date
- 7 May 2026
- Standstill period ends
- 18 May 2026
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 07 May 2026 08:57
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069277
- Notice ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069277
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Hortonwood 30, Telford, TF1 7YB, United Kingdom
Richard Eales
GB-PPON PWYW-9582-JTRT
Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 20 May 2026 · Scheduled
Full notice record
58 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Culham Science Centre |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Oxfordshire |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | OX14 3DB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKJ14 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Name | Robert Franklin |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | robert.franklin@ukaea.uk |
| Party 1 › Contact › Telephone | +44 1235466915 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | Busch (UK) Ltd trading as Vacuum Furnace Engineering |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Hortonwood 30 |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Telford |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | TF1 7YB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG21 |
| Party 2 › Contact › Name | Richard Eales |
| Party 2 › Contact › Email | richard.eales@buschgroup.com |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 2 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 2 › Sheltered workshop | No |
Buyer
| Name | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
Tender
| Title | Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace |
| Description | The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace at its Culham Campus site, Oxfordshire. The requirement must fit with a previously supplied vacuum furnace and operate at the furnace parameters. |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Direct award |
| Lot › Status | complete |
Awards
| Title | Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace |
| Status | pending |
| Date | 7 May 2026 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £225,780 |
| Value › Value | £188,150 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | Busch (UK) Ltd trading as Vacuum Furnace Engineering |
| Item › CPV › CPV 1 › Description | Vacuum pumps |
| Item › CPV › CPV 2 › Description | Cooling-water pumps |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKJ14 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Standstill period › End | 18 May 2026 |
| Contract period › Start | 20 May 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 31 Jan 2027 |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Contract award notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041703-2026 |
| Document › Published | 7 May 2026 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 20 May 2026 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |