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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: POWER TO SUSTAINABLE FUEL PILOT PLANT – 4 LOTS
2. Awarding Authority: University of Sheffield, Translational Energy Research Centre, GB. Web: (David Middle)
3. Contract type: Supply contract
4. Description: The Awarding Authority is one of the largest and best-equipped national R&D centres in Europe for zero-carbon energy, hydrogen, bioenergy, and Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). We are looking to procure a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pilot plant based on Fischer-Tropsch technology.
The SAF plant is required to produce 1.5+ L/h of sustainable aviation fuel to Jet A1 ASTM specification D1655 (with flash point of 38+°C and a freeze point maximum of -47°C). The plant shall utilise onsite CO2 (minimum as an industrial gas, but preferably CO2 captured onsite from bioenergy exhaust gases) and on-site generated green H2 as feedstocks. It shall also have the option to use biomass syngas from an onsite wood gasifier.
This tender is made up of 4 distinct lots, comprising of 6 individual modules:
Lot 1
(Module) #1 Gas clean-up and conditioning module
#2 Reverse Water Gas Shift module
#3 FT mixing skid
Lot 2
#5 Hydrocracking and hydrogenation module
Lot 3
#6 Distillation module
Lot 4
#7 Site flare
The closing date for receipt of tender returns is on Friday 21st October 2022 at 12 noon (UK time)
5. CPV Code(s): 09100000, 09000000, 38970000, 73110000, 73000000
6. NUTS code(s): UKE, UKE3, UKE32
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Yorkshire And The Humber, South Yorkshire, Sheffield.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: 3495/DM/22
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Date documents can be requested until 18.10.2022 (17:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information on the above contract please visit Web:
12. Other information: TKR-2022913-EX-1880443