Published date: 16 April 2018

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: 15 May 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Wood - 03410000

  • Fuel wood - 03413000

  • Fuels - 09100000

    • Wood fuels - 09111400

Location of contract

NN2 7AL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

ITT259

Published date

16 April 2018

Closing date

15 May 2018

Contract start date

1 August 2018

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University is embarking on a programme to create a wholly new campus on a brown field site providing state-of-the-art facilities and technology, the new campus will open in September 2018 academic year. A 995KW Herz Biofire biomass boiler has been installed in the Energy Centre at Waterside Campus. This will provide the baseload heat to the campus wide district heating system. The boiler uses and infeed auger to a storage silo. The silo has a usable volume of 88m3.

The University is seeking a reliable high quality supplier of woodchip to fuel the biomass boiler. It should be noted the University is seeking to supply the fuel in a sustainable way and minimize embedded carbon emissions such as through the woodchip delivery and manufacture.

The Contract will include the delivery of an estimated annual requirement of 4,750,000 kWh will be required per year.

More information

Links

Additional text

The information and documents for this tender will be accessible from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton
Click on Current Tenders link where you can view the project detail, express an interest and register your Organisation with our e-tendering system.

Once the registration has been accepted and you have received your login details by e:mail you can login to view and download the PQQ in the My Tenders section of the website.

If your company is already registered please do not register again

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Julia Gough

Address

Park Campus
Boughton Green Road
Northampton
NN2 7AL
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1604892663

Email

julia.gough@northampton.ac.uk