Published date: 20 February 2018

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


Closing: 15 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

  • Checking and testing apparatus - 38500000

    • Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment - 38800000

    • Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments - 38900000

    • Industrial machinery - 42000000

    • Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production - 42700000

    • Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery - 42990000

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£164,176

Procurement reference

2017-1317-GEIC-MCL-HD-PC - AWARD

Published date

20 February 2018

Closing date

15 November 2017

Contract start date

8 December 2017

Contract end date

15 December 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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

1. Background information on The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is Britain's largest single-site university, with a proud history of achievement and an ambitious agenda for the future. The University provides world-class research facilities and undertakes research of international standing. It offers students a wide choice of degree programmes and options, and excellent facilities and student support services.

The University employs over 12,000 staff and offers over 400 different degree courses. It comprises of three faculties with 23 academic schools and hundreds of specialist research groups. The University's cultural attractions include The Manchester Museum, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. The University also operates a thriving conference and meeting operation including a hotel and conference centre.

Further details on the University can be found at: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/facts-figures/

2. Background information on Project
This tender is being run on behalf of 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 circ. 8400 m2 and has been designed by world-renowned architect Rafael Vi?oly. 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/

3. Project Overview
Porous membranes used commercially for gas and liquid separations typically have a composite structure comprising of a non-woven base support, a microporous polymer support layer and a very thin molecular-selective porous active layer. The polymer support layer is essential to provide mechanical stability to the thin active layer as well as having a...

Award information

Awarded date

8 December 2017

Contract start date

8 December 2017

Contract end date

15 December 2017

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Werner Mathis AG

Address

Rutisbergstrasse 3, 8156 , Oberhasli, Zurich, Switzerland, 8156

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Carter

Address

Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161 275 2207

Email

paul.carter-2@manchester.ac.uk