Published date: 11 September 2020

Last edited date: 5 May 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 14 July 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Measuring instruments - 38300000

  • Pressure-measuring equipment - 38423000

  • Heat-exchange units - 42511100

    • Energy and related services - 71314000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£350,000

Procurement reference

2559/JN

Published date

11 September 2020

Closing date

14 July 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

24 September 2020

Contract end date

25 September 2020

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?

No

Description

The University of Sheffield (UoS) with funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is establishing a Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) to support and promote low carbon energy technology development, validation and uptake. To complement our research capability, we are looking to procure a high pressure heat exchanger (HPHE) test bed.

The high pressure, high temperature heat exchanger (HEX) test bed is aimed at supporting R and D in high-efficiency power conversion cycles, focussing on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) for oxy-fired gas cycles (Allam cycle) but also with global applications in other power and industrial sectors. The objective is to establish a flexible test loop ideally capable of operating at pressures up to 370 bar, support R and D in oxy-fired gas cycles, but in general it is envisaged the facility will enable the study of high efficiency heat exchangers covering areas such as heat transfer, pressure drop, thermal stresses, and impact of phase changes, impurities, fouling, corrosion and materials research. It will provide performance data for the sCO2 cycle to model and evaluate designs, e.g. heat exchanger sizing. We are estimating tender submissions of between GBP 300 000 and GBP 400 000. The GBP 350 000 figure shown indicates the mid range value for this project.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

2559/JN - High Pressure Heat Exchanger Testbed

  • Opportunity
  • Published 26 May 2020

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Award information

Awarded date

4 September 2020

Contract start date

24 September 2020

Contract end date

25 September 2020

Total value of contract

£502,790

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

HRS Energy Ltd

Address

Boundary House
Boston Road
London
W7 2QE

Reference

Companies House number: 09260527

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

James Noble

Address

Western Bank
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Email

james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk