Pipe Flow Rig

Contract summary

Industry

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

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

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£70,000 to £85,000

Procurement reference

18/FEE/75

Published date

23 October 2019

Closing date

7 March 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The University of Southampton is constructing new facilities, and part of this development effort is the update of experimental facilities. This Invitation to Tender addresses one of the requirements, namely the manufacture and construction of a Pipe Flow Rig To be used to study boundary layer growth in enclosed channel flow using PIV measuring techniques.

The Rig has been designed and fully specified by the University and this Invitation to Tender contains all the required information for the manufacture, assembly, installation and commissioning of the equipment.

The rig consists of a water filled closed loop consisting of various conduits and test sections. Key components within the system are a flow conditioners, a centrifugal pump, a chiller unit and a de-aerater.

Full specification details can be found at File 2 of the Invitation to Tender document set.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Pipe Flow Rig

• Opportunity
• Published 1 February 2019

Additional text

The University is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend: https://in­tendhost.co.uk/ universityofsouthampton) to manage this procurement and to communicate with participating organisations.
All documentation in relation to this tender can be downloaded from In­Tend.
Participating organisations are advised that there will be no hard copy documents issued to organisations and all communications with the University including the submission of Invitation to Tender responses will be conducted via In-Tend.
Regular monitoring of In-Tend is the responsibility of the participating organisation.
If you are not already registered as a supplier with the University of Southampton, you will need to register in In-Tend in order to access the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Once you have logged in: click on 'Tenders'; locate the relevant project; and click 'View Details'. Once you are in the project screen. you will be able to register your company against the project and access all documentation by clicking 'Express Interest'.
Further instructions for the submission of Invitation to Tender responses are below.
To submit your return, please follow the instructions below:
1. Login
2. Click 'Tenders'
3. Locate the relevant project
4. View Details
5. Click on the tab relating to the relevant project stage (e.g. 'Invitation to Tender Stage')
6. Click on the 'Attach Documents' button and upload your return.
7. Check ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the "My Tender Return" panel. The system will only permit your organisation to make one return.
8. Click the red "Submit Return" button.
Please note that to preserve the integrity of the soft market testing exercise, all queries must made be via the correspondence function within In-Tend.

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Award information

Awarded date

2 October 2019

Contract start date

3 October 2019

Contract end date

2 January 2021

Total value of contract

£83,660

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

BLACKFISH ENGINEERING DESIGN LIMITED

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About the buyer

Contact name

Suzanne Carlisle

Address

University Road
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England

Telephone

02380 595688 ext 25688

Email

procurement@soton.ac.uk

Website

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