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title: "3954/JN/23 - Hybrid Hot Press/Spark Plasma Sintering"
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# 3954/JN/23 - Hybrid Hot Press/Spark Plasma Sintering

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3954-jn-23-hybrid-hot-press-spark-plasma-sintering-ocds-h6vhtk-0419af). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sheffield: "3954/JN/23 - Hybrid Hot Press/Spark Plasma Sintering". Published status: complete. Published Value: £520,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## 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:** £520,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 December 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery, Presses
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £514,450 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3954-jn-23-hybrid-hot-press-spark-plasma-sintering-ocds-h6vhtk-0419af#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0419af`

## 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/3954-jn-23-hybrid-hot-press-spark-plasma-sintering-ocds-h6vhtk-0419af#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsheffield)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/3954-jn-23-hybrid-hot-press-spark-plasma-sintering-ocds-h6vhtk-0419af#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42636000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Contract Period:** 28/03/2024 to 29/03/2024

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 006335-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **FCT Systeme GmbH**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:HRB 304054`
  - Value: £514,450 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 006335-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £514,450
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006335-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-28T09:24:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T00:51:01.545Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0419af