Published date: 15 June 2023
Last edited date: 15 June 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Bee-keeping machinery - 16640000
Location of contract
NG118NS
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
20230615144941-128806
Published date
15 June 2023
Closing date
28 June 2023
Closing time
10am
Contract start date
3 July 2023
Contract end date
30 November 2023
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Other: Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The University has a requirement for the purchase of six identical honeybee hives, equipped with sensors allowing the spatially resolved (wireless) monitoring of the temperature of each frame as per the following minimum technical requirements:
• the dimensions of the hives will match those of the 'British Standard Hives' brood boxes.
• Each frame will have 30 sensors or more, homogeneously distributed.
• Each frame foundation comb will be made of plastic, with protruding hexagons approx. 200 microns tall, for the bees to take over the building of the honeycomb. The sensors will be embedded in the plastic and not accessible to the honeybees.
• The plastic foundation comb will be 150 microns thick, or less.
• The data will be transferred wirelessly to a computer.
• The frame's internal battery will last six months or more and will be conveniently changeable.
• Software will be provided where the user will be able to adjust, in particular, the frequency of the measurements and access the data conveniently. If possible, software is to run on Ubuntu or Linux or Raspbian O.S.
• No more than 10 mins will be required to interrogate the entire array of sensors within one hive.
To register your interest and submit a bid please use the following link:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NTU
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About the buyer
Contact name
Mark Lucas
Address
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
ENG
Telephone
+44 1158488747
Website
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/business-and-employers/procurement/how-to-do-business-with-ntu/_nocache
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