Official UK procurement notice
4585/AMRC/CK/25 Gas Decarbonisation Equipment & Carbon Removal Services R2
Authority: University of Sheffield (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement description4585/AMRC/CK/25 Gas Decarbonisation Equipment
The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for a Gas Decarbonisation Equipment on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Castings Group at Catcliffe, South Yorkshire.
Scope of Requirement
AMRC Castings has many gas fuelled processes which we are looking to decarbonise, in particular a 656kW kiln used for firing the ceramic shells used for investment casting. The thermodynamic requirements of the process and on-site electrical grid constraints mean that electrification is not a viable option, and as such, we are interested in ways of decarbonising the natural gas supply to the kiln.
We are aware that fuel switching to low carbon hydrogen is technically possible, but currently low carbon hydrogen is significantly more expensive than natural gas which would result in uneconomically high operational costs.
We are interested in installing a natural gas decarbonisation system to supply our investment mould flash fire kiln, but we need the solution to be comparable economically to natural gas.
Tender Process and Documentation:
This procurement is an open procedure conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University`s e-tendering system in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield ↗
If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend System, this can be accessed at in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield ↗
Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.
Closing date for receipt of tenders: November 7, 2025 at 12 noon (UK time).
CPV: Carbon · Installation services of miscellaneous general-purpose machinery · Miscellaneous equipment · Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery · Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery · Natural gas
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 80%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- 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
- 9 Oct 2025, 11:46 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Mar 2026, 11:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
4585/AMRC/CK/25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063643- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ab73Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University's e-tendering system in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield ↗
If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend System, this can be accessed at in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield ↗
Timeline
9 Oct 2025 → 30 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published373 days ago9 Oct 2025, 11:46 BST
- Submission deadline344 days ago7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts320 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Award decision expected by319 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent306 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends296 days ago24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published201 days ago30 Mar 2026, 11:33 BST
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2025- Tender notice published9 Oct 2025, 11:46 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Nov 2025, 09:52 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT4 Nov 2025, 09:52 GMT+3 days · was 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published15 Dec 2025, 16:03 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2025, 16:03 GMT
- Contract award notice published16 Dec 2025, 09:47 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Mar 2026, 11:33 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 4 Nov 2025
- 2025-10: 1 release · 9 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suiso Limited4585/AMRC/CK/25 Gas Decarbonisation Equipment & Carbon Removal Services6 Jan 2026 – 13 Jan 2028Options: SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PLAN · Amended: Mistake is the title is fixed. | £470,000 | 15 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
4585/AMRC/CK/25 Gas Decarbonisation Equipment & Carbon Removal Services · Suiso Limited
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2026
- Value
- £470,000
- Period
- 26 Mar 2026 – 13 Jan 2028
- Status
- active
- Options
- SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PLAN
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Suiso LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University's e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend System, this can be accessed a…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender