Published date: 16 September 2020

This notice was replaced on 14 October 2020

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Awarded contract (published 10 March 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Wind-energy generators - 31121300

  • Wind turbine generators - 31121330

Location of contract

PL4 8AA

Value of contract

£630,000

Procurement reference

EW/UoP/WindGenerator/20

Published date

16 September 2020

Approach to market date

15 October 2020

Contract start date

2 November 2020

Contract end date

30 July 2021

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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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

The University of Plymouth will be looking to acquire a Wind Generation System for use over the COAST laboratory (www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/institutes/marine-institute/coast-laboratory) 35m x 15.5 m Ocean Basin.
Our ideal requirements include:
- A 3m x 3m wind outlet installed on a gantry spanning the 15.5
m width of the flume and mounted on pre-existing rails.
- Wind outlet needs to be removable from the basin when not in
use
- Wind outlet can be rotated ±30 degrees relative to the normal
and moveable in the vertical direction
- Maximum generated wind speeds of approximately 10 m/s
- Wind generated by a bank of individually controllable fans
- Flow conditioning to provide flow turbulence around 7%
- Noise levels around 80dB

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2020/2021 £630,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Team

Address

Drake Circus Roland Levinsky Buildings
PLYMOUTH
PL48AA
England

Telephone

01752 582057

Email

procurement@plymouth.ac.uk