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University Of Sheffield

1292/259/EML/NAM/15 Metal Additive Manufacturing System

Industrial MachineryCPV 42000000 42900000 38000000
Value£398k
Awarded20 Nov 2015
Published22 Oct 2015
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£398ktotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£1.3m

This is a large award for Industrial Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

1292/259/EML/M/14 Metal Additive Manufacturing System The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for supply to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMTEC Group) at Catcliffe in Rotherham.

Scope of Requirement: The supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a metal Additive Manufacturing System to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMTEC).

The system should be capable of building complex three dimensional metal parts directly from a CAD data file through sequential addition of metal powder in layers, which is then subsequently melted.

Tender Process and Documentation: This is an open e.u. exercise.

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 at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.

Closing date for receipt of tenders: 23rd of November 2015 at 12 noon (UK time).

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The University of Sheffield wishes to invite

The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for supply to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMTEC Group) at Catcliffe in Rotherham.

02

The supply, delivery, installation and commissioning

The supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a metal Additive Manufacturing System to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMTEC).

03

The system should be capable of building

The system should be capable of building complex three dimensional metal parts directly from a CAD data file through sequential addition of metal powder in layers, which is then subsequently melted.

04

If you have any questions or comments

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 https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield.

05

Completed tenders must be returned through

Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.

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Stage
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