Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 28 May 2025, 14:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

4449/AMRC/JS/25-5 Axis Milling Machine

Official notice

Authority: University of Sheffield (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove threshold

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Published estimate£250,000≈ £83k / year · £300,000 inc. VAT2% below published estimate

Submissions closed 23 Jun 2025awarded 4 Jul 2025

Awarded to NCMT Limited

Contract term 3 yrsends 21 Jul 2028 · starts 21 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

4449/AMRC/JS/25 - 5 Axis Milling Machine for AMRC North West

The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for the supply, installation and commissioning of a '5 Axis Milling Machining Machine' on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre,

The ‘5-Axis Milling Machine’ which will be used for research, testing and demonstration purposes in the AMRC North West, Samlesbury facility.

The equipment will support the AMRC’s research into technologies such as machinability, dynamics and process monitoring. The equipment should have adequate robustness, high precision and repeatability to facilitate the manufacture of high-performance components for various sectors including aerospace and biomedical with demanding tolerance requirements.

CPV: Lathes, boring and milling machine tools · Machine tools for drilling, boring or milling metal · Machine tools for milling metal · Milling machines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsPublished value£250,000

Contract period: 21 Jul 2025 – 21 Jul 2028 (3 yrs)Value: £250,000 exc. VAT · £300,000 inc. VAT

42620000 Lathes, boring and milling machine tools 42623000 Milling machines 42637000 Machine tools for drilling, boring or milling metal 42637300 Machine tools for milling metal

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

Simple description: Scoring criteria (including weighting) is included in the Invitation to Tender document

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 May 2025, 14:29 BST
Last source update: 5 Aug 2025, 09:49 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 16 Jul 2025
Authority reference: 4449/AMRC/JS/25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-028138
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Lathes, boring and milling machine toolsMachine tools for drilling, boring or milling metalMachine tools for milling metalMilling machines
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052805 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Submission deadline: 23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 13 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

please submit your tender proposal at the following address - www.in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/ ↗

Timeline

28 May 2025 → 5 Aug 2025 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
28 May 2025, 14:29 BST
Clarification questions by
13 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission deadline
23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent
4 Jul 2025
Award decision expected by
16 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
21 Jul 2025
Latest notice published
5 Aug 2025, 09:49 BST
Standstill ends
5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025

Tender notice published
28 May 2025, 14:29 BST
UK4
Tender notice published
28 May 2025, 14:41 BST
UK4
Deadline moved to 23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
28 May 2025, 14:41 BST
+0 days · was 23 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Contract award notice published
24 Jul 2025, 07:37 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
24 Jul 2025, 07:37 BST
Contract details notice published
5 Aug 2025, 09:49 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
9 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
scheduled

Routine re-releases (4)

2025-05: 1 release · 28 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £245,0001 award exc. VAT

Bids received 2

Named bidders 2published on the award notice

Contracts signed 1latest 22 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
NCMT Limited9 Aug 2025 – 1 Sept 2027	£245,000	4 Jul 2025	Awarded

Contracts

4449/AMRC/JS/25-5 Axis Milling Machine · NCMT Limited
Signed
22 Jul 2025
Value
£245,000
Period
9 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2027
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2final-stage tenders	0	0	—

Who bid

did not winDMG Mori UK Limited · West Midlands
wonNCMT Limited · South East England

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000667 Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S10 2TNContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded

DMG Mori UK LimitedBidder / tendererGB-COH: 01030108 Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 4PE
NCMT LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00794821 Summer Road, Thames Ditton, South East, KT7 0QJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsAll tender documentation can be accessed on the above URL

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender5 Aug 2025, 09:49 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender24 Jul 2025, 07:37 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender28 May 2025, 14:41 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender28 May 2025, 14:29 BST