Detailed design and build of a scaled down Fast Acting Low Conductance (FALCON)
- Published
- 17 August 2026
- Submission deadline
- 18 September 2026
- Estimated value
- £200,000
- Place of performance
- UK
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Lots
- 1
- Documents
- 1
- Notice number
- 078272-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06e5f6
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 42131140Pressure-reducing, control, check or safety valves
- 71320000Engineering design services
- 73300000Design and execution of research and development
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. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Abingdon:-Pressure-reducing%2C-control%2C-check-or-safety-valves./3YG29X64DB To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukfe.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3YG29X64DB
Official publications
- FTS · 078272-2026 · 17 August 2026
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