Published date: 21 July 2015

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: 5 August 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts - 34600000

  • Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment - 34630000

  • Research, testing and scientific technical simulator - 38970000

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

SC2997/15

Published date

21 July 2015

Closing date

5 August 2015

Contract start date

7 September 2015

Contract end date

30 October 2015

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Hi Tech Rail Project - TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF ROBOTIC ARM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

In summary this tender is for a single robotic arm on a linear track, which will be used for object recognition/manipulation based on contact sensing, to include linear track for mounting the arm on, as described in the technical specification section - part 2, section 1.

This is to be funded by the HiTech Rail project which is an ERDF-funded initiative aimed at enabling West Midlands SMEs to develop innovative rail products. The project is based in the Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please click on the following link, https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/aspx/Home, to express an interest and then you should be able to download the documents.

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EU

Funding Description

ERDF

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/aspx/

About the buyer

Contact name

Shazia Nazir

Address

Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 415 6899

Email

nazirsy@adf.bham.ac.uk