Published date: 1 October 2019

Last edited date: 1 October 2019

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: 1 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery - 42990000

  • Industrial robots - 42997300

  • Information systems and servers - 48800000

    • Installation services of machinery and equipment - 51500000

Location of contract

NG7 2RN

Value of contract

£1,260,000 to £2,270,000

Procurement reference

PROC LSB ITT/1121

Published date

1 October 2019

Closing date

1 November 2019

Contract start date

1 January 2020

Contract end date

1 January 2021

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?

No

Description

The Centre for Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM) at the University Of Nottingham (UoN) works with partners from across the UK and European aerospace industry to deliver industrially focused research into aerospace assembly systems.
Advanced manufacturing is a key research priority area for Nottingham and the University has invested significantly in this research. The University made a strategic investment in automated assembly infrastructure through the Future Automated Aerospace Assembly Demonstrator (FA3D) project, which was commissioned in 2016. Based on the success of this project, funding has been secured from the UK Government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) for development of the second phase of this demonstrator.
The Future Automated Aerospace Assembly Demonstrator Phase 2 (FA3D2) will deliver a national experimental testbed and technology demonstrator in digital and informatics enabled aerospace manufacturing technology. It provides an opportunity for UK based aerospace manufacturing businesses to test, demonstrate and accelerate the implementation of novel breakthrough technologies, thus allowing them to compete on productivity, quality and cost with rival offshore businesses.
The demonstrator aims to reduce the non-recurring costs of a product line by implementing a flexible assembly approach. A key feature of the FA3D2 platform will be its flexibility to be reconfigured for different products and assembly processes. This applies to both the physical reconfiguration of equipment and tooling, and also the digital integration architecture. The platform shall be designed to be extensible such that tooling, end effectors, robots etc. may be added in future with minimal disruption to the existing system i.e. a 'plug and produce' approach.

More information

Links

Additional text

To apply for this contract please register interest at the below link.

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

Tender reference for this procurement is PROC LSB ITT/1121

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Leanne Bryant

Address

Lenton Lane
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 2RN
United Kingdom

Telephone

01159513635

Email

bbzlsb@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk