Published date: 9 February 2023

This notice was replaced on 6 April 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 6 April 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices - 33130000

  • Training simulators - 34152000

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£0 to £280,000

Procurement reference

SC11411/23

Published date

9 February 2023

Closing date

13 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

20 March 2023

Contract end date

31 May 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Digital Dentistry is a catch-all term to describe the use of digital technology within both the clinical and educational settings. This strategy focuses of the use of digital technologies to enhance education for students, rather than the provision of clinical dentistry for their patients.

The school of Dentistry wishes to procure 6 standalone Haptic Simulators that provide an immersive, virtual reality experience to operators including simulated handpieces, probing and local anaesthetic delivery. The simulators will need to link to scanners so the user can set up bespoke tasks, or they can be pre-loaded with a
stock of simulation exercises. Software development and updating of the bank of procedures must be included.

Haptics have not previously been used at the School of Dentistry. We are looking for a practical setup where the operator uses two "handpieces" which can be tailored to be a mirror and a handpiece, a mirror and a probe etc. appropriate to the clinical scenario.

The simulator must provide a good level of tactile feedback, particularly in relation to hard and soft tissues.

More information

Additional text

The tender documents and information can be found and must be submitted via In-Tend by the date and time specified;
www.intendhost.com/universityofbirmingham

About the buyer

Contact name

Kseniya Samsonik

Address

University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Email

k.samsonik@bham.ac.uk