Published date: 8 March 2019

Last edited date: 8 March 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: 5 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Wind turbines - 31121320

Location of contract

LE1 9BH

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

1235

Published date

8 March 2019

Closing date

5 April 2019

Contract start date

22 April 2019

Contract end date

13 September 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is a provision to purchase a Subsonic Wind Tunnel solution for our Aeronautical Engineering course to support Teaching and Research activities. & to cater for our current and future needs especially for the new Aeronautical Engineering course due to start in 2019/2020.

Minimum requirements:

a. A Subsonic Wind Tunnel needs to operate in an area of 9.5m X 10m
b. The tunnel must be open-circuit suction wind tunnel and designed to suit safe operation in educational environment
c. The proposed tunnel must be capable of conducting various aerodynamics experiments
d. Minimum Working section: 300 mm x 300 mm, and 600 mm long
e. Variable and controlled Air velocity ranging from 0 to 35 m.s-1
f. Maximum Noise levels at full speed ideally to be in the range of: 80 dB(A) at operators ear level
g. Operating electrical supply (three phase) to be: 380 VAC to 440 VAC 50 Hz/60 Hz (16 A)
h. The construction materials used must comply with the latest European Union/UK safety directives
i. For ease and safety of use the Wind tunnel controls should be mounted on a separate, free-standing instrument frame
j. The full wind tunnel assembly must be mobile. Ideally on braked wheels
k. The wind tunnel must be capable of demonstrating experiments such as a lift and drag balance with a set of three-dimensional models for experiments in aerodynamic drag along with other requirements set out in the tender document suite.

More information

Links

Additional text

To apply please register on the In-Tend system where you can download the
ITT documents:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home
Closing date on 5th April 2019 at 1pm

****PLEASE DO NOT APPLY DIRECT TO THE BUYER AS PER BELOW****

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Mahesh Parmar

Address

University Campus
Gateway House
Leicester
LE1 9BH
United Kingdom

Telephone

0116 2078476

Email

mahesh.parmar@dmu.ac.uk