Published date: 29 January 2021

Last edited date: 1 February 2021

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: 1 March 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

UB8 3PH

Value of contract

£280,000

Procurement reference

tender_263908/922125

Published date

29 January 2021

Closing date

1 March 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

31 March 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?

Yes

Description

Further to the successful development of the Advanced Metal Casting Centre (AMCC) and the Advanced Metal Processing Centre (AMPC) within the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at Brunel University London (BUL), the third phase development, the Future Metallurgy Centre (FMC), is now being established to expand this unique national facility for light metal research in processing and characterisation for fundamental research and industrial applications. Together with the EPSRC Future Liquid Metal Engineering Hub, AMCC and AMPC, the FMC will provide high performance light alloys, resource efficient manufacturing technologies and component innovations with advanced materials characterisation facilities to meet the long- and mid-term needs of UK industry.

The Light Flash Analyser (LFA) system is a thermal analysis instrument that determines the thermophysical properties (e.g. thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity) of materials over a wide range of temperatures. It involves irradiation with multiple pulses of energy provided by a Xenon lamp to heat up one surface of a sample located in a measuring cell within a sample chamber maintained at a pre-determined temperature.

About the buyer

Address

Kingston Lane
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
England

Email

melanie.perryman@brunel.ac.uk

Website

http://www.brunelesourcing.com