Published date: 11 January 2017

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: 14 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Presses - 42636000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£200,000 to £300,000

Procurement reference

17-01

Published date

11 January 2017

Closing date

14 February 2017

Contract start date

31 July 2017

Contract end date

30 September 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

The Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS) was identified a flagship project in the Black Country LEP's 2014 Strategic Economic Plan (SEP). It will be a new employer-led training facility for the Black Country designed to improve productivity and growth in the high value manufacturing sector, one of the five transformational sectors for the Black Country, with particular emphasis on the aerospace, motor vehicle and construction sectors.

The centre will provide training in:
- Toolmaking;
- Foundry;
- Metalforming and Forging;
- Metal treatment
- Advanced CNC.
- Manufacturing Management & Leadership + Project Management.

These skills underpin HVM manufacturing performance, productivity and growth. The ECMS will be created through Skills Capital Investment by government and the Black Country LEP, opening planned August 2017.


The TPPC will be manufactured, supplied and installed in the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) Training workshop to a standard that will enable high volume mass production. The objective of the TPPC is to demonstrate its capabilities and versatility in pressing sheet metal components from various presswork processes on supplied unique tooling.

The TPPC is to be controlled and managed by the workshop Technicians who will train apprentices in setting and working the cell in different aspects of making pressings.

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All correspondence and tender submission must be via BravoSolution

About the buyer

Address

University of Wolverhampton
location of equipment at ECMS Facility, West Midlands
Wolverhampton
WV1 1AD
England

Email

procurement@wlv.ac.uk