Six Modular Low-Footprint Moveable Wind Tunnels for Teaching Purposes

Contract summary

Industry

• Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£56,000

Procurement reference

16/ESM/74

Published date

9 February 2017

Closing date

17 November 2016

Contract start date

2 February 2017

Contract end date

1 February 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Award of contract for the provision of Six Modular Low-Footprint Moveable Wind Tunnels for Teaching Purposes.

**Please Note** This requirement has already been fulfilled therefore this notice is published for transparency purposes.

The University of Southampton is seeking to procure six modular low-footprint moveable wind tunnels for teaching purposes. The main use of the wind tunnels will be to teach Fluid Mechanic principles and expose students to different experimental techniques:
• Laminar/turbulent boundary layer measurements;
• Force and surface and wake pressure measurement on a cylinder.
Each wind tunnels will have the following key attributes:
• Quick setup, change-over, and removal time;
• Modular design that allows easy switch-over between experiments;
• Smallest floor space usage possible;
• Easy access to all parts of the wind tunnel during use.
We invite tenders from vendors who are able to provide the full life-cycle expertise. In the future we expect to extend the experiment suite to support different teaching labs.

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Award information

Awarded date

1 February 2017

Contract start date

2 February 2017

Contract end date

1 February 2022

Total value of contract

£56,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

TecQuipment Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Vicki Becheley

Address

University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
England

Email

vsh@soton.ac.uk