Published date: 23 January 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 7 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial machinery - 42000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP236365823

Published date

23 January 2017

Closing date

7 February 2017

Contract start date

1 March 2017

Contract end date

30 June 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The requirement is for a heavy duty hot press system. The instrument will support a variety of compressed wood and composite sample preparation, based on wood species, fibre prepregs, sandwich cores and moulds. Because the instrument will have wide applications to manufacture various composite materials and structures it is also highly desirable that large pressure and temperature ranges and large platen areas are available to users.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.Please note the return date for the Tender is 07/02/2017 at 12 noon. THE DOCUMENTATION IS LOCATED ON THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/liverpooluni Select 'Tenders' from the top menu bar, select 'current', then click 'view details' button. To gain full access to this website and documentation you need to log in using your existing registration details or click the 'Register' button if you have not registered before. When registering PLEASE make sure the 'publish e-mail address' field is completed accurately as this will receive all automated correspondence. Please return your submission as detailed in the document. All dates, time periods and quantities indicated in this Notice are provisional only and the university reserves the right to change the same if circumstances so dictate. The University reserves the right not to enter in to any contract pursuant to this Notice and to withdraw from this procurement exercise at any time.

About the buyer

Contact name

Mr MR Walton, Head of Procurement

Address

Procurement
Foundation Building
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
UK

Telephone

01517942154

Email

waltonmr@liverpool.ac.uk