Temperature Monitored Bee Hives

Contract summary

Industry

• Bee-keeping machinery - 16640000

Location of contract

NG118NS

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

20230911094011-128806

Published date

11 September 2023

Closing date

28 June 2023

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

3 July 2023

Contract end date

30 November 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The University had a requirement for the purchase of six identical honeybee hives, equipped with sensors allowing the spatially resolved (wireless) monitoring of the temperature of each frame as per the following minimum technical requirements:

• the dimensions of the hives will match those of the 'British Standard Hives' brood boxes.
• Each frame will have 30 sensors or more, homogeneously distributed.
• Each frame foundation comb will be made of plastic, with protruding hexagons approx. 200 microns tall, for the bees to take over the building of the honeycomb. The sensors will be embedded in the plastic and not accessible to the honeybees.
• The plastic foundation comb will be 150 microns thick, or less.
• The data will be transferred wirelessly to a computer.
• The frame's internal battery will last six months or more and will be conveniently changeable.
• Software will be provided where the user will be able to adjust, in particular, the frequency of the measurements and access the data conveniently. If possible, software is to run on Ubuntu or Linux or Raspbian O.S.
• No more than 10 mins will be required to interrogate the entire array of sensors within one hive.

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More information

Links

• https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=69589&B=NTU
• Additional data

• https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/128806
• User / Company

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Award information

Awarded date

17 July 2023

Contract start date

17 July 2023

Contract end date

30 November 2024

Total value of contract

£45,180

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PST Sensors Europe Ltd.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Lucas

Address

50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
ENG

Telephone

+44 1158488747

Email

mark.lucas@ntu.ac.uk

Website

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/business-and-employers/procurement/how-to-do-business-with-ntu/_nocache