Industrial machinery

Tender description

The University of Sheffield wishes to invite bids on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's Castings Group for an Automatic Contact Pour System. The equipment is being procured to replace the existing arrangements and to support the Air Melt Foundry operation at Catcliffe in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The University wishes to contract with a Supplier offering an innovative and competitive solution in the development of such a system, which is to be supplied on a turnkey basis. The procurement will require some design and innovation, therefore, the University has chosen to follow a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation process. Stage 1: Invitation to Participate — A Supplier Selection Questionnaire will be issued to short-list to no greater than five bidders who will be invited to submit an initial tender. Stage 2: Issue of Invitation to Submit an Initial Tender — three highest scoring bidders to be invited to Negotiate. Stage 3: Invitation to Participate in Negotiations — to commence once short-list at Stage Two has been determined and to continue until the University closes this stage. Stage 4: Issue of Final Tender Documentation. All instructions, scoring and evaluation criteria are supplied within the relevant stage documentation. A budget has been provisionally established for this exercise at 180 000 GBP.