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Published 14 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

3954/JN/23 - Hybrid Hot Press/Spark Plasma Sintering

Official notice

Authority: University of Sheffield (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£520,000exc. VAT1.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2023awarded 14 Feb 2024
Awarded to FCT Systeme GmbH
Contract term Ends 29 Mar 2024starts 28 Mar 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Royce at the University of Sheffield is part of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and partner to the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials (with the main Hub in Manchester) which aims to grow the UK world-leading research and innovation base in advanced materials science, fundamental to all industrial sectors and the national economy. Royce at the University of Sheffield focuses on Advanced Materials Processing

and operates mainly through the Royce Discovery Centre (RDC) and the Royce Translational Centre (RTC). Our state of the art facilities allow materials discovery, materials manufacturing and prototype production and will act as an open access centre of excellence for the UK.

With funding from EPSRC we seek to purchase a hybrid-hot press/SPS for the consolidation of various powdery raw materials by combined uniaxial pressing force and heating in vacuum or inert atmosphere. Typical material types to be processed in the SPS include ceramics, metals, hard alloys, nanomaterials, functionally graded materials etc.

CPV: Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery · Presses

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Contract period: 28 Mar 2024 – 29 Mar 2024
Variant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 75%Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 75
  • Price: 25
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Nov 2023, 15:00 GMT
Last source update
28 Feb 2024, 09:24 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Dec 2023 – …
Authority reference
3954/JN/23
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006335
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machineryPresses
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0419af Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
15 Dec 2023, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Dec 2023 → 28 Mar 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Dec 2023, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Feb 2024, 09:24 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    28 Mar 2024

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Feb 2024, 09:24 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £514,4501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
FCT Systeme GmbH£514,450 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 006335-2024-1 · FCT Systeme GmbH

    Signed
    14 Feb 2024
    Value
    £514,450
    Period
    … – 29 Mar 2024
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: RC000667 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD,WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD, Yorkshire & Humber, S102TNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria