27^th Symposium on Fusion Technology SOFT 2012
Liège (Belgium), September 24 – 28, 2012
jointly organized by SCK CEN (Belgium) and the Trilateral Euregio Cluster (TEC)

A number of large contracts have been awarded by F4E in recent months. Please consult the corresponding tender information here if there are any products or services you can offer to the prime contractors. Main recent contracts are:

• 302 Decennial Insurance
• 292 SEALED HELIUM COMPRESSOR FEASIBILITY
• 289 Update and Completion of the Design of the Front-End Cryopumps Cryodistribution
• 284 Fabrication of pre-qualification semi-prototypes of the ITER FW panels (former 097 Lot 1)
  Develop and manufacture 2 semi-prototypes and five small scale mock-ups, representative of the Normal Heat Flux (NHF) design
• 272 OMF Engineering Support in the area of Remote Handling
• 169 Provision of System and Instrumentation Engineering support
• 167 Provision of Material Characterisation at Room and Elevated Temperatures

F4E intermittently requests information to its ILO’s on national competencies in specific fields. This information is useful to F4E for their tender preparation.

In the 4th quarter 2011 F4E will be launching a Call for Tender for preliminary analysis for SHARP BENDING of tubes in the elements of the First Wall. Competent companies are hereby encouraged to express their interest to their ILO.

F4E-OPE-285: Design, Certification, Manufacturing, Testing, Installation and Commissioning of the Tokamak Cargo Lift and Tokamak and Assembly Hall Cranes

F4E has posted on August 29, 2011 the 3 candidates (F4E-OPE-285 – Selected Candidates.pdf) who will be invited to negotiate the terms and conditions for preparing an offer.

F4E-OPE-286: Civil Engineering and Finishing works for Tokamak Complex, Assembly Hall and surrounding buildings including Design, Manufacture and installation of Heavy Nuclear Doors

F4E has posted on June 14, 2011 the 4 candidates who will be invited to negotiate the terms and conditions for preparing an offer.

Details on all calls can be found here.
The following list gives a general overview of the main procurement activities being carried out.

F4E-OPE-319
High Heat Flux (HHF) test facility for in-vessel components
New Deadline to Submit: 21.12.2011

F4E-OMF-331
Engineering Support in the area of Test Blanket Module (TBM) Systems Design and Technological Demonstration
Deadline to Submit: 05.03.2012

F4E-OMF-332
Provision of Risk Assessment and Risk Management Support
Deadline to Submit: 09.01.2012

F4E-OMF-340
Multiple Framework Contracts in cascade for Remote Handling Systems (RHS) under nuclear environment: Divertor RHS, Cask and Plug RHS, Neutral Beam Cell RHS
New Deadline to Submit: 17.02.2012

F4E-ADM-350
Relocation Services for Fusion for Energy
Deadline to Submit: 16.01.2012

F4E-OMF-356
Provision of Engineering Support in the area of mechanical analysis
Deadline to Submit: 22.02.2012

F4E-ADM-367
Provision of company ratings and reports on commercial, economic & financial information
Deadline to Submit: 13.02.2012

Law firms for the provision of specialised legal services
Call for Expressions of Interest F4E‐ADM‐03 to establish a list of firms, deadline January 22nd, 2013

Details on all the calls can be found here.

Calls for Nominations

May we remind you that the only requirement at the initial stage is to express your interest per email to ITER-Calls@f4e.europa.eu prior to the deadline with your postal address and contact person. Thereupon F4E will forward your email to ITER Organization in Cadarache, who in turn will send you the complete Terms of Reference. You may then decide if you can/want to submit an offer or not.

Calls for Proposals
IO may also from time to time issue Calls for Proposals through its Domestic Agencies, mainly for expertise either from individuals or firms. The Call for Proposal provides all needed information for making a tender, including the email address of the recipient of the tender at IO.