Published date: 23 January 2019

Last edited date: 23 January 2019

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: 20 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 31000000

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

  • Industrial machinery - 42000000

Location of contract

CV1 2GN

Value of contract

£6,000,000 to £12,000,000

Procurement reference

COV - 7103

Published date

23 January 2019

Closing date

20 February 2019

Contract start date

8 May 2019

Contract end date

1 January 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

UKBIC is part of the UK government's Faraday Battery Challenge.On the 29th November 2017,it was
announced the consortium of Coventry City Council, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise
Partnership, and WMG, at the University of Warwick,had been awarded £80 million,through a competition led by
the Advanced Propulsion Centre and supported by Innovate UK,to establish a new national facility.

Opening in 2020,the UKBIC delivers on the UK's Industrial Strategy's 'Future of Mobility' Grand Challenge. It fills a strategic
gap in the UK - facilitating scale up to high volume processes for battery materials,cells,modules and packs 2 / 4
primarily for the automotive sector but with wider application. The planned cell production lines will be used to
develop and prove materials, cell designs, manufacturing processes and parameters 'at rate' prior to full plant
investments. Further information can be found at www.ukbic.co.uk.

This tender is specifically for pouch cell assembly equipment.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please register via the Council`s e-procurement system - CSW-JETS http://www.csw-jets.co.uk/

CSW-JETS is a sub-regional e-tendering portal run by In-tend. Since February 2010, Coventry; Solihull; Warwickshire; Nuneaton and Bedworth; Rugby alongside other local district Councils have been working together as a shared procurement service. In conjunction with Solihull Community Housing, we have joined together to bring you a collaborative E-Tendering portal.

CSW-JETS enables us to advertise our opportunities across all authorities through the same system. This means that there is a single point of contact for procurement in the sub-region so you only have to register once to receive notifications for all authorities. Registering on the portal will make it easier for local suppliers to find, respond to and be alerted to tender opportunities.

Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils'/Authorities' opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work.

Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation.


Delivery Notes

All submissions must be via www.csw-jets.co.uk

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Coventry City Council Procurement Team

Address

Coventry
Coventry
Coventry
CV1 2GN
United Kingdom

Telephone

024 7683 3757

Email

procurement.services@coventry.gov.uk