Published date: 5 December 2018

Last edited date: 5 December 2018

This notice was replaced on 1 April 2019

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Awarded contract (published 1 April 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery - 42900000

Location of contract

OX11 0DE

Value of contract

£800,000

Procurement reference

DLSITT0403

Published date

5 December 2018

Closing date

8 January 2019

Contract start date

4 February 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

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

The scope of the contract is to design, manufacture, supply, deliver, install and commission two mechanical test rigs for Beamline K11 and Beamline I12. These test rigs will comprise of the following

a) A test rig including two rotation stages and an actuation system to allow compressive or tensile loads to be applied to the sample.
b) A closed loop controls system
c) A suitable interface allowing software integration of the supplied system into the beamline's control system
d) One or more Load cells suitable for the rated load of the rig, see section 3.6 of our Technical Specification.
e) Mechanical and electrical interfaces
f) Motion system to allow centring of the sample on beam height.
g) All software source code (with comments) if Delta Tau motion control solution is used.

Not included in the scope of delivery:
a) Any sample environments
b) Strain gauge
c) Extensometer
d) A graphical user interface

We understand that the requirements for this rig are stringent and make this technically challenging. If some of the technical specifications cannot be met then this should be made clear in the tender return. While it is strongly preferred that all technical specifications be achieved or exceeded, proposals that do not meet every technical specification will still be considered.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

If you are interested in this tender opportunity please create an account via the website link below:

http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Procurement/

Details of the evaluation criteria for this tender are included in the OJEU Notice attached.

You will then be issued with a password to enable you to download the tender documents. In order to be considered, your response should arrive no later than midnight on Tuesday 8th January 2019.

About the buyer

Contact name

Sue Blake

Address

Diamond Light Source Ltd
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
OX11 0DE
England

Telephone

01235 778167

Email

procurement@diamond.ac.uk

Website

www.diamond.ac.uk