https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT431515
Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Directive 2014/24/EU - Public Sector Directive
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Strathclyde
40 George Street, Procurement Department
Glasgow
G1 1QE
UK
Contact person: Natasha Murray
E-mail: natasha.murray@strath.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.strath.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00113
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned 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
Supply, Delivery and Installation of a 20kJ Linear Hammer Forging Press
Reference number: UOS-22042-2021
II.1.2) Main CPV code
42900000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The University of Strathclyde require a linear electric hammer that is suitable for the controlled hot forging of low strength metal alloys (e.g. aluminium alloys) through to high strength metals (such as HSLA steels, nickel superalloys and titanium alloys). Hammer closed die forging will provide the University with a unique ability to convert a range of new alloys either powder-derived or ingots into forged profiles and demonstrator parts. A state-of-the-art electric hammer does not currently exist in a UK research establishment. The machine will be situated in the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), a specialist centre within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) and will be a unique, key strategic piece of equipment in NMIS. The hammer will be utilized in a range of research projects ranging from novel alloy forging, recycled/revert billets and to conventional forging alloys. While the press will be housed at NMIS it will be made available to both academic and industrial partners across the whole of the United Kingdom. Our ambition is for this forging cell to be centre of excellence for the UK.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
900 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
42000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM82
Main site or place of performance:
Advanced Forming Research Centre
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Suppliers are asked to note their interest in this potential procurement exercise by 16th of November 2021, at which point the Contracting Authority will follow up with all interested parties.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
26/11/2021
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=671599.
(SC Ref:671599)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/10/2021