Published date: 6 September 2018

This notice was replaced on 27 November 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 27 November 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens - 42300000

  • Vacuum ovens - 42942200

  • Casting machines - 43720000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£160,000

Procurement reference

2082/JN

Published date

6 September 2018

Closing date

8 October 2018

Contract start date

17 December 2018

Contract end date

18 December 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Sheffield Royce Institute is a~£34M project based in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Sheffield is part of the national Henry Royce Institute (with the main Hub in Manchester) which aims to grow the UK world-leading research and innovation base in advanced materials science, fundamental to all industrial sectors and the national economy. The Sheffield Royce Institute focuses on Advanced Materials Processing and will be delivered through two centres - the Royce Discovery Centre (RDC) and the Royce Translational Centre (RTC). These state of the art facilities will allow materials discovery, materials manufacturing and prototype production and will act as an open access centre of excellence for the UK.

As part of the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The University of Sheffield would like to purchase a small-scale strip caster with the capacity to melt up to about 100g of various metals and alloys and to produce width of ribbons up to 20mm.

This small-scale strip caster is to support the materials discovery strand of the Henry Royce theme.

More information

Links

Additional text

For access to all tender documents please visit: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/aspx/Home

About the buyer

Contact name

James Noble

Address

WESTERN BANK
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Email

james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/aspx/Home