Published date: 27 June 2017

Last edited date: 27 June 2017

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Awarded contract (published 27 June 2017, last edited 27 June 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens - 42300000

Location of contract

S60 5WG

Value of contract

£280,000 to £300,000

Procurement reference

1655/326/EML/CTI/17

Published date

27 June 2017

Closing date

18 April 2017

Contract start date

16 May 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2018

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Sheffield requires an Ultra-High Integrity counter gravity aluminium furnace which has the ability to melt between 300kg and 350kg of aluminium with a maximum individual pour of 220kg.

It is envisaged all the equipment shall be surface mounted avoiding any special civil works.

Preference will be given to suppliers that can demonstrate previous experience of design, manufacture, installation and project management of counter gravity aluminium furnaces. (References required).

This procurement is an open procedure carried out in furtherance to the publications of a Prior Information Notice, published on the 2nd of September 2016 http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE: 2016/S 169-303511-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML

The University wishes to exercise its option to reduce the timeframe for return of tenders as permissible under the Public Procurement Regulations 2015.

Your tender response must be submitted through the University's on line e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield to arrive by the date and time specified below. Late tenders will not be considered.

Tenders are to be submitted by the 18th April 2017 at 12:00pm.

About the buyer

Address

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Sheffield
S60 5TZ
England

Email

m.leverton@sheffield.ac.uk