PLANC (Permitting, Licences, Authorisations, Notifications & Consent) Assurance

What the buyer is asking for

UKFE is running a procurement process to identify a suitably qualified Supplier for the provision of PLANC (Permitting, Licences, Authorisations, Notifications & Consent) Assurance. The appointed Supplier will provide an independent assurance service, principally as a 3rd Line Assurance function, delivering objective challenge and assessment of the effectiveness of arrangements used to identify, manage, integrate and deliver PLANC requirements throughout the programme lifecycle. UK Fusion Energy Ltd (UKFE) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Group, responsible for the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme to deliver the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant. This is an Open procedure procurement run under the Procurement Act 2023. Interested parties are required to register (for free) on, or login to, the UKFE Delta portal to access the tender pack, to raise clarifications, to communicate with UKFE, and to submit their proposal. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingdon:-Advisory-and-consultative-engineering-services./35C3P58836 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/respond/35C3P58836

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 30%priceBlended rateCommercial
• 20%qualityDelivery ModelTechnical
• 10%qualityResourcingTechnical
• 10%qualityRelevant ExperienceTechnical
• 10%qualityIndependent Assurance ApproachTechnical
• 5%qualityKnowledge TransferTechnical
• 5%qualityWest Burton place-based contractingTechnical
• 5%qualitySocial value MAC6.1Social value
• 5%qualitySocial value MAC6.2Social value

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  PSQ is required to be populated as per the ITT

• technical

  PSQ is required to be populated as per the ITT

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   25 Sept 2026, 12:37 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 20 days

   16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 33 days

   29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 63 days

   27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice25 Sept 2026, 12:37 BST090964-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender