Contract for the Supply of a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Unit to the University of Birmingham

Contract summary

Industry

• Acoustic devices - 32342400

• Sensors - 35125100

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

SC8173/20

Published date

30 June 2020

Closing date

11 June 2020

Contract start date

15 June 2020

Contract end date

25 September 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other: VEAT

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Silixa Ltd have already successfully collaborated with University of Birmingham on the use and development
of an earlier generation of acoustic sensing equipment (Bense et al., 2016), so we know that they are prepared
to act in this way and we can build on the existing relationship. Silixa have agreed to include free training for
university staff on using the iDAS unit. While this might not appear exceptional, Silixa staff have co-authored
three of above references and thus their knowledge and research experience will be uniquely valuable for
the success of our project - we have one year remaining on the capital grant that is funding the equipment
and in which to obtain robust datasets; we simply do not have time to make 'learning to use the equipment in
previously untried applications' on the way. We also have a limited research budget and Silixa Ltd have included
a generous discount on the normal cost of this equipment on the condition that we use it collaboratively and only
for academic research. The research funding awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council for purchasing this equipment is a maximum of £200,000 plus VAT.

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Award information

Awarded date

11 June 2020

Contract start date

15 June 2020

Contract end date

25 September 2020

Total value of contract

£200,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SILIXA LTD

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About the buyer

Contact name

Pauline Harrison-Johnson

Address

Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
England

Telephone

01214146899

Email

P.E.Harrison@bham.ac.uk