4585/AMRC/CK/25 Gas Decarbonisation Equipment & Carbon Removal Services R2

Open

Buyers

Katy Reed

Value

£470,000

Classifications

Natural gas
Carbon
Miscellaneous equipment
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery
Installation services of miscellaneous general-purpose machinery

Tags

tenderUpdate

Submission Deadline

2 days from now

Published

5 hours ago

Description

4585/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 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: November 7, 2025 at 12 noon (UK time).

Documents

Premium

Bypass the hassle of outdated portals. Get all the information you need right here, right now.

Contract Agreement

The official contract terms, conditions, and scopes of work.

Download
Award Notice

Details on the tender award and selected suppliers.

Download

Similar Contracts

Open

28-32 Flexible Procurement and Supply of Gas and/or Electricity

The Contracting Authority will establish a single, closed Framework Agreement for the flexible procurement and supply of Gas and/or Electricity, as well as Net Zero Energy related Innovation Solutions, to public sector organisations across the United Kingdom. Following comprehensive market engagement, the framework structure has been confirmed and will comprise three distinct lots: Lot 1: Flexible Procurement and Supply of Electricity with Additional Services (covering HH, NHH, Metered and Unmetered Electricity) Lot 2: Flexible Procurement and Supply of Natural Gas, Daily Metered (DM) and Non-Daily Metered (NDM) with Additional Services Lot 3: Supply of Innovation Solutions relating to renewable energy and flexibility services The framework will support flexible procurement strategies, and offer two service levels to Participating Authorities. A Procurement Only Service Offering (POSO) and a Fully Managed (FM) Service. Additional services within scope include: Metering and data services (Meter Operations, Data Collection & Aggregation, AMR provision) Net zero and renewable energy solutions (including PPAs, REGO-backed supply, demand-side response) Virtual PPA facilitation and access to intraday electricity markets Small generation opportunities (Smart Export Guarantee, Feed-in Tariff) Innovation solutions for renewable energy and flexibility services The framework will provide Participating Authorities with access to competitive, flexible energy procurement that supports their net zero commitments and delivers best value. Framework Operation: Suppliers will be evaluated and ranked independently for each lot based on their tender responses. Awards will be made to a maximum of three suppliers on Lot 1 and Lot 2 respectively, and all suppliers on Lot 3 who meeti the minimum requirements of the tender.Suppliers will be ranked as either Primary or Secondary suppliers based on their evaluation scores, with Primary Suppliers being offered first opportunity for any Awards Without Competition via the framework. Call-off procedures: Participating Authorities may award call-off contracts through either: Award Without Competition to the Primary Supplier (highest-scoring supplier per lot), who will be given first consideration for call-off contracts; or Award Without Competition to a Secondary Supplier where the Participating Authority has specific requirements that cannot be met by the Primary Supplier, or where other valid reasons apply; or Further-competition among all framework suppliers capable of meeting the specific requirements. Pricing determination: Prices for call-off contracts will be determined through the suppliers' framework pricing submissions and the specific requirements of the Participating Authority (for direct awards) or through competitive tendering in mini-competitions. Supplier performance and transfer mechanisms: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to facilitate the transfer of Participating Authorities to alternative framework suppliers in circumstances including but not limited to: material supplier underperformance, supplier failure, force majeure, or where a Participating Authority's needs can only be served by an alternative supplier. Secondary suppliers provide essential resilience and optionality throughout the framework term. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to remove or suspend suppliers from the framework where performance issues are not addressed satisfactorily in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures. There is no restriction on the number of lots a single supplier may be awarded, enabling the appointment of a single primary supplier across multiple lots where this represents best value and meets strategic requirements. To view this notice, please click here: https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=989269017

Published 23 hours ago

Open

DLSITT1069 - Supply of I17 White Beam Slits for Diamond Light Source

Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, Diamond Light Source (DLS) is a leading-edge facility for science, engineering and innovation. Diamond allows researchers from academia and industry to investigate the structure and behaviour of the world around us at the atomic and molecular level. To continue delivering the world changing science that Diamond enables, the facility is being upgraded to Diamond-II, a coordinated programme of development that combines a major machine upgrade with new instruments and complementary improvements to optics, detectors, sample environment and delivery capabilities, and computing, as well as integrated and correlative methods. This will be transformative in speed and spatial resolution and will offer users streamlined access to enhanced instruments for life and physical sciences. The scope of the contract is for the design, supply of materials, manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of two White Beam Slit systems (S1 and S2) for the Diamond-II new flagship beamline I17. The WBSs will be used for defining the size and divergence of the beam, controlling the heat load on downstream optics, and providing diagnostic information about the beam. Each system includes the slit blades and their actuators, cooling system, vacuum vessel, support and manual positioning system. The I17 beamline will be a soft x-ray beamline operating in the energy range from 250 eV to 3.5 keV. The beamline will include a series of optical components to focus the beam at the exit slits to which will provide a secondary source for sample illumination. The purpose of the white beam slits is to define the size and power of the beam impinging on mirror M1, to define the dimensions of the accepted beam after deflection from M1, and to provide the ability to tune between flux and transverse coherence.

Published 6 days ago

Open

4855/AMRC/GM/2025 Kiln Modification for Hydrogen / Natural Gas Mix R2

4855/AMRC/GM/2025 Kiln Modification for Hydrogen / Natural Gas Mix The University of Sheffield wishes to invite tenders for a Kiln Modification for Hydrogen / Natural Gas Mix on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Castings Group at Catcliffe, South Yorkshire. Scope of Requirement The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) wishes to convert its existing kiln from natural gas to a natural gas and hydrogen blend. Sustainable Manufacturing is a core theme within the AMRC’s Technology Strategy and part of that theme is to decarbonise our own operations and to act as a demonstrator and experimental test bed for UK manufacturers looking to decarbonise their own operations. AMRC Castings are investing in pyrolysis equipment to supply our mould firing kiln with decarbonised natural gas (i.e. hydrogen / natural gas blend). This is being tendered in parallel with this tender process. The furnace is a 656kW kiln used for firing the ceramic shells used for investment casting. This will need modification/upgrading to be capable of operating with different blends of hydrogen and natural gas. It is imperative that the conversion of our furnace includes interaction with the control system of the decarburisation equipment to comply with H&S requirements for emergency situations. Tender Process and Documentation: This procurement is an EU 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 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 Closing date for the tender return is on November 11, 2025 at 12 noon (UK time).

Published 2 weeks ago

AI Bid Assistant

Our AI-powered tool to help you create winning bids is coming soon!

View Contract Source Save Contract

Organisation

Katy Reed

Public authority - sub-central government

Ghulam Mujtaba

[email protected]

Timeline active

Publish

Bid

Evaluate

Award

Complete