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# Purchase of Ceramic Additive Layer Manufacturing Machine

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-of-ceramic-additive-layer-manufacturing-machine-ocds-h6vhtk-04c2a2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Purchase of Ceramic Additive Layer Manufacturing Machine". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical equipment and apparatus
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c2a2`

## 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/purchase-of-ceramic-additive-layer-manufacturing-machine-ocds-h6vhtk-04c2a2#tl-md)

## Description
We are adding to a facility for formulating testing and applying ceramic Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) of ceramic bodies from photosensitive resins filled with formulated ceramic compositions for the casting of nickel base superalloys. The High Temperature Research Centre facility at the University of Birmingham will develop and explore new material formulations at scales and rates appropriate for immediate subsequent industrialisation, supported by cutting-edge expertise and on-site analytical tools. 
The pivotal component of this facility will be a large scale Digital Light Processing (DLP) ALM machine, manufactured, provided, and supported by Prodways, who are the holders of the underlying patented MOVINGLight® technology.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** We are adding to a facility for formulating testing and applying ceramic Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) of ceramic bodies from photosensitive resins filled with formulated ceramic compositions for the casting of nickel base superalloys. The High ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Purchase of Ceramic Additive Layer Manufacturing Machine (active)
  - Award id: `039273-2024-SC13320/24-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Prodways Machines**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-132116`
  - Value: €231,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Purchase of Ceramic Additive Layer Manufacturing Machine (active)
  - Signed Value: €231,000
  - Signed Date: 04/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039273-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-05T15:13:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:22:08.513Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c2a2