INVITATION TO TENDER FOR Multi-Axis High Speed CNC Machine Tool

Sheffield Hallam University requires a Five Axis milling machine tool with its supporting equipment, initial consumables, software, and warranties, for the College of Business, Technology and Engineering (BTE). The equipment is part of a long-term plan to ensure that the University continues to offer an up-to-date, industry-relevant experience to our students and that we teach innovative cutting-edge technologies that not only add to the student experience but also the credibility of the University.

This tender is for the supply, installation, commissioning and warranty and maintenance of a Five Axis milling machine tool. The equipment should have adequate robustness, high precision, and repeatability to facilitate the manufacture of high-performance components that is subject to tolerance requirements. The piece of equipment should allow machining with high pressure coolant, tool coolant, flood coolant and dry cutting.

The technical specification tables of requirements below detail the essential and highly desirable performance or functional requirements of the machine identified by the University.

We also require information about Warranty, Documentation, Maintenance, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Acceptance Testing, Training, Health and Safety (H&S) and Technical Support within the Quality Criteria (Reply Form 3) section of the tender pack.

The equipment needs to be delivered and installed including training need to be completed by 31st December 2021. Three members of university staff will require full training on the machine, and this will need to be completed over the period between installation and 31st December 2021. When students are not on site, so that staff members are fully trained before the equipment is used for teaching at the start of January 2022.