Published date: 31 March 2017

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: 24 April 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Furnace burners - 42310000

  • Smelting furnaces - 42330000

  • Machinery for the heat treatment of materials - 42940000

    • Casting machines - 43720000

    • Workshop equipment - 43800000

    • Construction of furnaces - 45262630

    • Installation work of refrigeration equipment - 45331231

Location of contract

S60 5TZ

Value of contract

£330,000 to £350,000

Procurement reference

1656/327/SW/CTI/17

Published date

31 March 2017

Closing date

24 April 2017

Contract start date

9 June 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

1656/327/SW/CTI/17 Aluminium/Magnesium Heat Treatment Facility

This is a re-tender exercise of tender reference 1629/312/SW/CTI/17 Heat Treatment and Refrigeration Facility.

The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for the supply of equipment to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's Casting Group.

Scope of requirement:
The requirement is for an Aluminium/Magnesium Heat Treatment Facility which has the ability to heat treat Aluminium/Magnesium based castings up to 600 degrees Celsius. It is envisaged that the facility will consist of one bottom loading furnace, a transfer system, quench tank, refrigeration and all appropriate ancillary equipment for the complete heat treatment of castings.
The equipment supplied must be designed to be as economical to run as possible.

Tender Process and Documentation:

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

This procurement is an open procedure carried out in support of a Prior Information Notice published on the 5th of August 2016 http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:270823-2016: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.

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.

Closing date for receipt of tenders: 24th of April 2017 at 12 noon (UK time).

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Delivery Notes

Delivery and commissioning date required is by March 2018.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sylwia Wiaderna

Address

Wallis Way
Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 (114) 2227662

Email

s.wiaderna@sheffield.ac.uk