Published date: 23 January 2020

Last edited date: 24 January 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: 17 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

LA1 4YR

Value of contract

£70,000 to £80,000

Procurement reference

SP/20/1127

Published date

23 January 2020

Closing date

17 February 2020

Contract start date

23 February 2020

Contract end date

23 February 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Lancaster University would like to procure two CNC machines for use in setting up a configurable Industry 4.0 demonstration and teaching space within the Department of Engineering at Lancaster University. A CNC milling machine, and a CNC lathe are required, with various provisions that will allow integration with other equipment, such as co-bots and additive manufacturing machines, as well as a variety of CNC simulation and programming software packages. A summary specification is as below but a more detailed specification is described in subsequent sections;

o Controller must be changeable between Fanuc and Siemens controller. Since the equipment will be used to demonstrate to industry as well as training engineers, it is imperative that the majority of controllers used in industry are covered.

o Minimum Mill travel of 150x150mm to cover the majority of parts to be machined.

o Mill must have 4 axis' minimum.

o Automatic tool change of a minimum of 6 tools for both machines.

o Full coolant delivery.

o Minimum swing of 100mm for lathe.


A 3D scanner is also required that will be used in reverse engineering workflows designed to complement and build on the capacity provided by the CNC machining centres. The scanner must be of the hand held and portable type with full colour facility.

More information

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Additional text

This tender is being conducted electronically using the Lancaster University e-tendering system which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/
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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Amanda Fryers

Address

Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 4YR
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1524594499

Email

a.fryers@lancaster.ac.uk