Clean Furnace
Details
- Buyer
- Coventry University
- Supplier(s)
- Shandong Kehua Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Value
- £64,000
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Installation services of furnaces
- Published
- 14 December 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
We are purchasing a 1-ton induction melting furnace from Shandong Kehua Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (KEHUA) to support Coventry University's delivery of the technical trial phase of the Clean Futures Programme, assisting SME foundries in transitioning from fossil-fuel-based melting to clean, energy-efficient technologies. Deliverables/Outputs: Supply, delivery, and commissioning of a 1-ton induction melting furnace Full installation and operational testing by end of February 2026 Availability for SME Clean Futures trials before project completion in March 2026 Long-term use as a regional clean manufacturing and decarbonisation facility supporting post-programme industrial engagement ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published14 December 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date14 December 2025
- Next: Contract expiry date2 December 2026in 2 months
About the buyer
Coventry University buys as a higher education institution, with a centralised procurement team based in its Finance Department at the Armstrong Siddeley Building. Suppliers must complete a competitive tender process before they gain approved status. Tenders run by the University are advertised on the Delta e-tendering platform. Larger contracts are also published as a contract notice on Find a Tender. Coventry University belongs to the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium, a collaborative buying group for more than one hundred higher and further education institutions. Further competitions run on the framework agreements the consortium negotiates across most commodity areas.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of Coventry University's contract awards have been in software and information systems, business services and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 51135000 · Installation services of furnaces
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@coventry-university.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@coventry-university.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@coventry-university.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@coventry-university.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@coventry-university.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@coventry-university.gov |
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