Published date: 13 December 2016

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2016/1210/GEIC-PwLC/IK/PC/2

Published date

13 December 2016

Closing date

1 December 2016

Contract start date

16 December 2016

Contract end date

21 March 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University wishes to purchase a potentiostat with low current capabilities.

The GEIC equipment fund is part financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funds having been awarded under the 2014-2020 Priority Axis 1: Promoting Research and Innovation.

The equipment is being purchased for the Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre ("GEIC") at the University of Manchester. The GEIC is a £60 million investment which will establish a state of the art research and technology development facility for graphene and related 2D materials. Projects in the GEIC will be industry-led and will focus on innovation and applications, with the aim of accelerating research through to products in the marketplace. The GEIC will house pilot production facilities and characterisation equipment. It will initially focus on a number of the University's world-class graphene application areas: energy, composites, formulations and coatings, electronics and membranes.

Given the world leading graphene research at the University, it is expected that all the equipment in the GEIC will be cited in high profile academic publications as well as underpinning industrial collaboration projects, thus giving the equipment a high degree of exposure.
The GEIC will be situated on the North Campus of The University of Manchester, comprise of ~8400 m2 and has been designed by world-renowned architect Rafael Viñoly. It is set to be open in summer 2018. Equipment purchased before the GEIC building is opened will be temporally commissioned elsewhere in the University campus, typically in the National Graphene Institute, and then moved into the GEIC once it is completed.

For further information on the GEIC please see:
http://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/collaborate/geic/

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Potentiostat with low current capabilities

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 November 2016

Links

Award information

Awarded date

13 December 2016

Contract start date

16 December 2016

Contract end date

21 March 2017

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Alvatek Ltd

Address

Unit 53 Basepoint Business Centre
Abbey Park Industrial Estate
Premier Way
Romsey
SO51 9AQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Central Procurement Office

Address

John Owens Building
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
England

Telephone

01612752160

Email

procurement@manchester.ac.uk

Website

http://www.procurement.manchester.ac.uk/