Published date: 11 December 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: 29 January 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2020-1740-DAMTM-TB-PC

Published date

11 December 2020

Closing date

29 January 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

2 March 2021

Contract end date

31 July 2021

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

Our research group at the University of Manchester require a complete turnkey solution capable of conducting a range of computer controlled static and dynamic mechanical tests. This system must be integrated with our existing temperature and humidity environmental chamber for synchronised control and readout, along with a variety of supplied and/or third party measurement sensors.

We require a system capable of performing high cycle fatigue pre-cracking of alloys under specific, tightly controlled conditions of humidity and temperature (as supplied by our existing chamber). This is to be followed by immediate, in situ, transition to a variety of static tests (e.g. slow strain rate) optimised for loads up to +/-30 kN, but with capacity to +/- 100 kN. The transition between fatigue and slow strain rate type tests needs to be achieved whilst maintaining the environment continuously without interruption, with the transition taking a maximum of a few minutes.

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest in this project please visit the website below where you will need to register to obtain tender documentation.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofmanchester/aspx/Home

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EPSRC

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Carter

Address

Oxford Road
Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161 275 2207

Email

paul.carter-2@manchester.ac.uk