Official UK procurement notice
Hydrogen combustion test rig for industrial decarbonisation
Authority: University of Sheffield (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWith co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund and BEIS, the University of Sheffield is establishing a flagship national Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) as an integrated multi-technology pilot-scale research facility for low-carbon technologies.
Proposal are requested to design and build a Hydrogen Combustion Research Facility (HCRF) - an R&D combustion test FACILITY to support fundamental and applied research on hydrogen combustion and cofiring with other fuels (primarily natural gas) in air as well as capability for oxy firing or oxygen enrichment; flame, heat transfer, and emissions characterisation; burner development; corrosion, deposition and materials research and other aspects of combustion research.
CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Hydrogen · Research laboratory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£800,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Technical: 45%
- Lead Time: 10%
- Project Management, Warranty and Customer Support: 5%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- Technical: 45
- Lead Time: 10
- Project Management, Warranty and Customer Support: 5
- Price: 40
- Suitability
As per tender documents
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Mar 2022, 15:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2022, 14:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Mar 2022 – …
- Authority reference
3228/DM- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025802- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031809Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Mar 2022, 12:10 GMT
Timeline
18 Mar 2022 → 14 Sept 2022 · 4 dates- Bids opened18 Mar 2022, 12:10 GMT
- Submission deadline31 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published14 Sept 2022, 14:15 BST
Notice history
3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Mar 2022- Deadline moved to 31 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST3 Mar 2022, 15:56 GMT+13 days · was 18 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete14 Sept 2022, 14:15 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Sept 2022, 14:15 BST
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 18 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2022 | +13 d |
| — | Bid openingIV.2.7 | 18 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2022 | +13 d |
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 18 Mar 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | +42 d |
| — | Bid openingIV.2.7 | 18 Mar 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | +42 d |
2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-03: 1 release · 3 Mar 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magma Combustion Engineering Ltd.SME | £1,072,554 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025802-2022-3228/DM-1 · Magma Combustion Engineering Ltd.SME
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2022
- Value
- £1,072,554
- Period
- … – 31 Jan 2023
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Magma Combustion Engineering Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria