United Kingdom-Sheffield: Four items of Equipment for the Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) at the University of Sheffield

Type of document: Pre-information procedures
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 241-549823/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The University of Sheffield
National registration number: RC000667
Postal address: Procurement Office, Arts Tower, Western Bank
Town: Sheffield
Postal code: S10 2TN
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1142221560
Email: dave.middle@sheffield.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile: www.sheffield.ac.uk

Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned 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: Four items of Equipment for the Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) at the University of Sheffield

Reference number: 2158/PIN/DM
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 71314000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
This is not a call for competition: low-carbon, sustainable energy (heat and power) generation is a key priority for the UK and internationally, with significant global opportunities for technology development and commercialisation. With co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund, the University of Sheffield is establishing a flagship national Translation Energy Research Centre. The Centre will provide a multi-technology, integrated RD&D platform which will bring together a range of energy generation facilities. This will promote research and innovation, as well as demonstrate individual and integrated energy systems enabling businesses to evaluate these low carbon/renewable technologies with the purpose of encouraging their uptake.
Equipment Covered Under the PIN: the new centre will have a range of bio-energy and conventional heat and power plants with carbon capture and utilisation facilities. This will significantly expand our current equipment portfolio, and therefore we are looking to procure the following equipment as individual items and/or as integrated packages:
1) Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Combuster;
2) Biomass CHP Gasifier, with integrated/separate gas engine for co-generation;
3) Biomass gas Turbine/Engine, either as part of the gasifier above or as a separate unit;
4) Organic Rankine Cycle Generator System, to be integrated with above WtE boiler and/or gasifier and/or an existing 250 kW chip/pellet boiler.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 925000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 71314000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKE32
Main site or place of performance:The University of Sheffield.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Equipment covered by the PIN: the new centre will have a range of bio-energy and conventional heat and power plants with carbon capture and utilisation facilities. This will significantly expand our current equipment portfolio, and therefore we are looking to procure the following equipment as individual items and/or as integrated packages:
1) Waste-to-energy (WtE) Combuster;
2) Biomass CHP Gasifier, with integrated/separate gas engine for co-generation;
3) Biomass Gas Turbine/Engine, either as part of the Gasifier above or as a separate unit;
4) Organic Rankine Cycle Generator System, to be integrated with above WtE Combuster and/or Gasifier and/or an existing 250 kW chip/pellet boiler.
Outline attributes: the new facilities are envisaged to be standard/modified/custom-built equipment with ideally some or all of following general attributes:
1) Scale:
(i) thermal input: the typical scale of our combustion plants vary between 150-350 kWth input. The key factor governing the scale of the plant is the amount of flue gas generated under standard operating conditions — see Point 2.i. below;
(ii) electrical/thermal output: electrical outputs should be ideally 10+ kWe for the ORC (in the integrated system) and 50+ kWe for other systems. For all systems the overall thermal and electrical efficiencies are important;
(iii) size: due to space limitations the equipment installation should be as small as possible whilst attaining the above and below requirements, to limit both space required for the equipment and fuel storage.
Purpose of PIN: we are issuing a PIN to highlight this opportunity to potential suppliers. We are also launching a market consultation exercise to help inform a realistic technical specification for the forthcoming tender process, and to engage with potential suppliers to better understand the following:
1) The range of technologies offered and available on the market;
2) How the above attributes can be potentially achieved and what are the limitations;
3) Installation requirements and constraints;
4) Informal approximate costs;
5) Technologies track record The individual tender requirements will follow separately after the market engagement exercise has concluded and will be advertised through OJEU and Contracts Finder, with documents being made available via the University’s In-tend portal
Market engagement: the market engagement will be held between 14.12.2018 and 26.1.2019. Meetings and site visits must be arranged no later than by 12.1.2019.
Format: individual, non-confidential meetings, either face-to-face or via the telephone or teleconferencing software, or a combination of the above. Site visits are encouraged to enable discussion in the context of the installation space. A questionnaire will be used to guide the discussions and record responses. The questionnaires are available on request when arranging the meeting/site visit. Up to a total of up to 4 hours has been allocated for each party, to be utilised in one block or multiple sessions.
Contact to arrange meetings: suppliers are encouraged to contact Dr Kris Milkowski by e-mail: k.milkowski@sheffield.ac.uk or Telephone +44 (0)7802 720369 to make arrangements for site visits/meetings.
Address for site visits: University of Sheffield, Unit 2, Crown Works Industrial Estate Rotherham Road Beighton Sheffield S20 1AH, UK.
Other information: suppliers are welcome to provide non-confidential brochures or similar information on relevant products prior to the meeting to facilitate discussions. Suppliers may wish to discuss one or multiple pieces of equipment from this PIN (either as standalone or integrated systems).
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2019-02-04
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2018-12-13