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Replacement control system for Hauzer TechCoating PVD Unit

Sheffield Hallam University Published 16 Mar 2022 Contracts Finder

key details

Value£200,000
Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 51430000
Deadline3 Jan 2022
Contract start1 Mar 2022
Contract end28 Feb 2023
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-b5fd17-99a06753-6966-4799-89bc-9fde2af63362

Awards (2)

This procurement was awarded to 1 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £200,000.

SupplierValueDateStatus
IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V. £200,000 28 Jan 2022 active
IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V. · · active

description

There is no other option to keep the coating unit running and bring it up to the most recent safety standards. Replacing the control system for this unit would be a fraction of the cost of an entire new unit. The cost of a new unit would be over £1.2M and would not include the bespoke modifications that the current system has. Major components of the unit have already been replaced e.g. pumping units at a cost of £139k, which were replaced in 2017.

Only the original equipment manufacturer is capable of replacing the control system for the this highly complex industrial machine. SHU tendered for replacement pumps for the machine in 2016/17 (1617-05-ACES-JM) and only Hauzer returned a submission. It would have been significantly easier to a third party to reverse-engineer the pump requirements than it would for a company to reverse engineer the control system. An analogy would be that replacing the pumps is like a lung transplant, replacing the control system is like a brain transplant. The first is very difficult, the second impossible.

notice history

2 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
16 Mar 2022 Award (award) · 5b9db578-3bbd-4dc6-8bb6-b6ec88aac045-518717
21 Mar 2022 Contract award notice (F03) Earlier regulations 007584-2022

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