Published date: 19 March 2019
Last edited date: 19 March 2019
This notice was replaced on 10 September 2019
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 10 September 2019)
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Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£500,000 to £690,000
Procurement reference
18/FEE/56.
Published date
19 March 2019
Closing date
30 April 2019
Contract start date
10 June 2019
Contract end date
30 June 2020
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
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 a new Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT) designed as a flexible test platform for novel aerodynamics and fluid mechanics research work and experimental technique.
The wind tunnel will be installed in a newly constructed building at the University of Southampton's campus. The new building is known as Building 185.
This procurement aims to identify a Contractor to design, manufacture, deliver, install, test and commission the BLWT in accordance with the requirements and performance criteria detailed within the Invitation to Tender document set.
More information
Additional text
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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.
About the buyer
Contact name
Suzanne Carlisle
Address
University Road
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England
Telephone
02380 592654
Website
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