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# 3391.ET.ARMC.21 Provision of Horizontal Vacuum Furnace including maintenance, training  and support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3391-et-armc-21-provision-of-horizontal-vacuum-furnace-including-maintenance-training-and--ocds-h6vhtk-035f7c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sheffield: "3391.ET.ARMC.21 Provision of Horizontal Vacuum Furnace including maintenance, training  and support". Published status: complete. Published Value: £700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Sheffield](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sheffield-urn-133872)
- **Published Value:** £700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 October 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction of furnaces, Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens, Installation services of furnaces
- **Delivery Location:** UKE3, UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £719,365 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3391-et-armc-21-provision-of-horizontal-vacuum-furnace-including-maintenance-training-and--ocds-h6vhtk-035f7c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035f7c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3391-et-armc-21-provision-of-horizontal-vacuum-furnace-including-maintenance-training-and--ocds-h6vhtk-035f7c#tl-md)

## Description
The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for the provision of Horizontal Vacuum Furnace including maintenance, training  and support on behalf of the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre,  Catcliffe, South Yorkshire.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42300000, 45262630, 51135000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** The Nuclear AMRC is seeking to procure a high-temperature vacuum furnace to pursue unique research into joining (brazing) and heat treatment of advanced materials required for the next generation of advanced modular and nuclear fusion reactor program...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Horizontal Vacuum Furnace including maintenance, training and support (active)
  - Award id: `008793-2023-3391.ET.ARMC.21-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Vacuum Furnace Engineering Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-78464`
  - Value: £719,365 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Horizontal Vacuum Furnace including maintenance, training and support (active)
  - Signed Value: £719,365
  - Signed Date: 26/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008793-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-27T10:36:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:56:45.355Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035f7c