Published date: 23 November 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 July 2019, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

SO17 1BJ

Value of contract

£110,000 to £120,000

Procurement reference

2019UoS-0137

Published date

23 November 2020

Closing date

8 July 2019

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

17 July 2019

Contract end date

16 July 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

The existing single-point laser vibrometer has limited capabilities that constrain its measurement range. It is primarily used for the measurement of vibration in large structures e.g. vehicles.

A micro system analyser would enable enhanced measurements in a very wide range of applications at smaller and larger scales including electronic textiles (e.g. wearable technology), microelectromechanical systems (e.g. microspeakers/acoustic transducers), and medical implants (e.g. smart prosthetics). This equipment would also allows vibrations in micrometre and millimetre length scales to be measured over a broad frequency range.

It may be applied to various applications e.g. rail or jet engine condition monitoring. Measurements of microspeaker performance will enable the optimisation of their size and audio quality for future mobile phones. Smart sensors and IoT system integration can be optimised by considering behaviour at different vibration levels.

Observing behaviour at various reference points is crucial to evaluate the performance of the device and the quality of the manufacturing process. These measurements can feed into accurate models and data-driven design for real commercial/industrial applications.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of a Microscope-based Vibrometer

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 June 2019

Links


Award information

Awarded date

17 July 2019

Contract start date

17 July 2019

Contract end date

16 July 2021

Total value of contract

£99,997

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Polytec Ltd

Address

Lambda House, Batford Mill, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 5BZ

Reference

Companies House number: 06454944

Value of contract

£99,997

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Tom Whitaker

Address

University Road
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England

Telephone

02380 591796

Email

t.d.whitaker@soton.ac.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton/aspx/Home