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# Power to Sustainable Fuel Pilot Plant (Fischer-Tropsch) - 4 Lots

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/power-to-sustainable-fuel-pilot-plant-fischer-tropsch-4-lots-ocds-h6vhtk-0391f0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sheffield: "Power to Sustainable Fuel Pilot Plant (Fischer-Tropsch) - 4 Lots". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,095,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Jan 2023, 17:00 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:** £2,095,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 January 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy, Research and development services and related consultancy services, Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,019,216 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/power-to-sustainable-fuel-pilot-plant-fischer-tropsch-4-lots-ocds-h6vhtk-0391f0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0391f0`

## 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/power-to-sustainable-fuel-pilot-plant-fischer-tropsch-4-lots-ocds-h6vhtk-0391f0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsheffield%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/power-to-sustainable-fuel-pilot-plant-fischer-tropsch-4-lots-ocds-h6vhtk-0391f0#participate

## Description
The University of Sheffield's Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) is one of the largest and best-equipped national R&D centres in Europe for zero-carbon energy, hydrogen, bioenergy, and Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). We are looking to procure a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pilot plant based on Fischer-Tropsch technology.
The SAF plant is required to produce 1.5+ L/h of sustainable aviation fuel to Jet A1 ASTM specification D1655 (with flash point of 38+°C and a freeze point maximum of -47°C). The plant shall utilise onsite CO2 (minimum as an industrial gas, but preferably CO2 captured onsite from bioenergy exhaust gases) and on-site generated green H2 as feedstocks. It shall also have the option to use biomass syngas from an onsite wood gasifier.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 (3 modules)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38970000, 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £935,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2023 to 31/05/2023

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Hydrocracking and hydrogeneration module
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 38970000, 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £900,000
- **Description:** As per section II.2.4
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2023 to 31/05/2023

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Distillation module
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 38970000, 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £180,000
- **Description:** As per Section II 2.4
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2023 to 31/05/2023

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Site Flare
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 38970000, 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £80,000
- **Description:** As per Section II 2.4
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2023 to 31/05/2023

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 020211-2023-3586/DM/22-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **OXCCU Tech Ltd.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:13519271`
  - Value: £1,019,216 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 020211-2023-3586/DM/22-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,019,216
  - Signed Date: 31/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020211-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-14T08:39:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:35:23.170Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0391f0