United Kingdom-Sheffield: Aviation Fuel Thermal Stability Test Unit

Type of document: Contract Awards
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2023/S 055-158750/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The University of Sheffield
Postal address: Arts Tower
Town: Sheffield
Postal code: S10 2TN
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: James Noble
Email: james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Aviation Fuel Thermal Stability Test Unit

Reference number: 3420/JN
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The University of Sheffield (UoS) with funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is establishing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) to support and promote the production and characterisation of decarbonised and sustainable aviation fuel. To broaden and support our extensive research, development, and deployment activities at the centre, we are looking to procure a bespoke Aviation Fuel Thermal Stability Test Unit.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)

II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 38500000
Main CPV code: 38420000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKE32
Main site or place of performance:Sustainable Aviation Fuels – Innovation Centre, Sheffield Business Park, Europa Avenue, Sheffield S9 1ZA

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University of Sheffield (UoS) with funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is establishing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC) to support and promote the production and characterisation of decarbonised and sustainable aviation fuel. To broaden and support our extensive research, development, and deployment activities at the centre, we are looking to procure a bespoke Aviation Fuel Thermal Stability Test Unit.
The aim of the test facility proposed in this document is to be used for testing aviation fuels by subjecting these under appropriate temperature, pressure and flow conditions, as experienced in aviation gas turbine engines. This type of facility has been previously ran by the Sheffield team since the early 2000’s, and undertaken a significant redesign and rebuild around 2014. With this work, we are now looking at building the next iteration of this design. It is expected that tenderers consider their own designs that may bring any improvements to the current design and subsequently propose these for discussion. All of the control and data acquisition software has already been developed and tested extensively by Sheffield so it is expected that this will be used in the new test rig.

II.2.5)Award criteria

II.2.11) Information about options
Options no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:European Regional Development Fund

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2022/S 152-436083
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Aviation Fuel Thermal Stability Test Unit

A contract/lot is awarded no
V.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The University of Sheffield
Postal address: Arts Tower
Town: Sheffield
Postal code: S10 2TN
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: The University of Sheffield
Postal address: Arts Tower
Town: Sheffield
Postal code: S10 2TN
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: james.noble@sheffield.ac.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2023-03-13