Published date: 12 October 2020

Last edited date: 19 October 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 December 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • X-ray devices - 33111000

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

  • Measuring instruments - 38300000

    • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

    • X-ray inspection equipment - 38582000

    • X-ray microanalysers - 38947000

Location of contract

M1 7HS

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2020-1668-XRCTS-TB-PC

Published date

12 October 2020

Closing date

3 December 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 February 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

This project will create a UK National Research Facility (NRF) that will be accessible to both academics and industrial users with Manchester as the hub along with a number of spokes.

Our research group the National Research Facility in Lab XCT which constitutes The University of Manchester, The University of Warwick, University College London (UCL) and the University of Southampton wish to enhance the capabilities of their Facilities.

It is our intention to make the NRF the World leading centre for lab X-ray CT. We are focused on providing our users access they need to the expertise, support and data analysis tools they need to exploit X-ray CT for their own research and understanding. Through this equipment our ambition is to also provide cutting-edge capabilities for the acquisition of unique datasets.

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest in this project please visit the website below where you will need to register to obtain tender documentation.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofmanchester/aspx/Home

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EPSRC

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Carter

Address

Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
M1 7HS
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161 275 2207

Email

paul.carter-2@manchester.ac.uk