Published date: 8 April 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: 29 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

TW11 0LW

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

tender_204047/761187

Published date

8 April 2019

Closing date

29 April 2019

Contract start date

2 May 2019

Contract end date

1 April 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NPL is looking to upgrade the control componentry for three deadweight force standard machines (2.5 kN, 20 kN, 120 kN capacities). The systems are being refurbished to interface with new LabVIEW control software (written in-house by NPL staff) and to enhance long-term maintainability. As part of this process, all control items are being assessed for their current performance and state of obsolescence.

NPL is seeking competitive quotes for the supply of hardware and a hardware system design document for each machine independently. There is no interfacing between machines. The sequence of upgrades will be the 2.5 kN first, followed by the 120 kN machine, and finally the 20 kN. The hardware for each machine will be installed and fully commissioned by NPL staff before the supply of hardware for the next machine upgrade.

NPL staff will install the equipment into an equipment cabinet and commission the system, concurrent with the commissioning of the NPL-written control software.

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About the buyer

Address

National Physical Laboratory
Teddington
TW11 0LW
England

Email

james.webb@npl.co.uk