Published date: 28 November 2022

This notice was replaced on 20 December 2022

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

Awarded contract (published 20 December 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

  • Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery - 42900000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

3562/JN

Published date

28 November 2022

Closing date

14 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

22 December 2022

Contract end date

23 December 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The University of Sheffield's Department of Materials Science and Engineering with funding from EPSRC are looking to procure a machine that is capable of filling a graphite die with up to three different powders for subsequent spark plasma sintering (aka field-assisted sintering technology). The internal diameter of the graphite moulds (and subsequent diameter of the post-sintered billets) will range from 20 mm up to 115 mm diameter. Pre-sintered filling thicknesses would range from 0.5 mm to 8 cm. The machine will be used for research and development by Prof. Martin Jackson's research group on a range of powders that will be used for die filling include titanium, nickel superalloys, copper, tungsten, aluminium, steels and ceramic powders. Prof. Jackson's group are one of the leading groups developing applications and new sectors for components produced through spark plasma sintering. The machine will be housed in the Royce Discovery Centre (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield) and may be made available to wider users in the future.

This is an open exercise. The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield

If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend system, this can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield

Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.

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About the buyer

Contact name

James Noble

Address

Western Bank
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Email

james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk