Published date: 17 February 2022

Last edited date: 1 April 2022

This notice was replaced on 14 September 2022

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Awarded contract (published 14 September 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Hydrogen - 24111600

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

  • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£800,000

Procurement reference

3228/DM

Published date

17 February 2022

Closing date

29 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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?

Yes

Description

With co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund and BEIS, the University of Sheffield is establishing a flagship national Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) as an integrated multi-technology pilot-scale research facility for low-carbon technologies.

Proposal are requested to design and build a Hydrogen Combustion Research Facility (HCRF) - an R&D combustion test FACILITY to support fundamental and applied research on hydrogen combustion and cofiring with other fuels (primarily natural gas) in air as well as capability for oxy firing or oxygen enrichment; flame, heat transfer, and emissions characterisation; burner development; corrosion,
deposition and materials research and other aspects of combustion research. As far as practical and cost effective, the project is envisaged as a full turnkey project.

The successful supplier is expected to:

1. Design, build, install and commission the test furnace and design build or otherwise supply and install ancillary process control, monitoring and safety equipment
2. Design and implement the overall layout of the facility
3. Design and implement control, monitoring and data logging system

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About the buyer

Contact name

David Middle

Address

Western Bank
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Telephone

0114 2221560

Email

dave.middle@sheffield.ac.uk

Website

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/