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# Procurement of an Autoclave Moulding Facility

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-an-autoclave-moulding-facility-ocds-h6vhtk-038bd4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Bristol: "Procurement of an Autoclave Moulding Facility". Published status: complete. Published Value: £350,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Jul 2023. Published submission portal: tenders.bris.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Bristol](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bristol-urn-133799)
- **Published Value:** £350,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 July 2023 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens, Machinery for the heat treatment of materials, Machinery for working rubber or plastics, Pressure vessels
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKK11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £333,765 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038bd4`

## 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/procurement-of-an-autoclave-moulding-facility-ocds-h6vhtk-038bd4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [tenders.bris.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftenders.bris.ac.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-an-autoclave-moulding-facility-ocds-h6vhtk-038bd4#participate

## Description
The University of Bristol has a requirement to procure an autoclave moulding facility, with ports suitable for a variety of instrumentation as well as the addition of resin lines. The facility will be used for thermosetting materials that will have a maximum temperature of 250°C and thermoplastic research, with a maximum temperature of 400°C. The facility must have an advanced control and data logging system which can integrate with any instrumentation and at a future date the computing/network facilities available at UoB.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42300000, 42940000, 42994000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKK

- **Description:** The University of Bristol has a requirement to procure an autoclave moulding facility, with ports suitable for a variety of instrumentation as well as the addition of resin lines. The facility will be used for thermosetting materials that will have a...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 024083-2023-Lab-2205-114-PC_2216-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ASC Process Systems Ltf**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-90382`
  - Value: £333,765 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 024083-2023-Lab-2205-114-PC_2216-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £333,765
  - Signed Date: 27/07/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024083-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-16T15:47:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T05:51:14.565Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038bd4