Published date: 18 February 2016

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: 11 March 2016

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP190972032

Published date

18 February 2016

Closing date

11 March 2016

Contract start date

1 September 2016

Contract end date

31 January 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) is a £68m development within the University of Liverpool Campus. Located in the heart of the Knowledge Quarter it will, on completion, be a world leading centre for Computer Aided Materials Science (CAMS) and house world leading academics working alongside industrial partners. Key to the success of the project are two large open access laboratories on the ground floor with a range of automated formulation and measurement platforms and a suite of analytical equipment. Underpinning all of this is a scientific data management system, known as Para∞DIME, which will automate data capture from all devices to single database where it can be consolidated in a searchable format. This will allow future researchers to interrogate the data and extract all the manipulations and measurements on a single sample. Future development of this system is expected to enable users to preload experiments through a web-based GUI.
Focus has now moved to the analytical equipment and this tender will deal with the procurement of Contact Angle Measurement Equipment for the open access laboratories.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement..Please note the return date for business plans is 11/03/2016 at 12 noon and the documentation is located on the following web site https://in-tendhost.co.uk/liverpooluni Select 'Tenders' from the top menu bar, select 'current', then click 'view details' button. To gain full access to this website and documentation you need to log in using your existing registration details or click the 'Register' button if you have not registered before. When registering PLEASE make sure the 'publish e-mail address' field is completed accurately as this will receive all automated correspondence. Please return your submission as detailed in the document. All dates, time periods and quantities indicated in this Notice are provisional only and the university reserves the right to change the same if circumstances so dictate. The University reserves the right not to enter in to any contract pursuant to this Notice and to withdraw from this procurement exercise at any time.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ann Bickerstaffe / Mark Walton

Address

Procurement
Foundation Building
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
UK

Telephone

+44(0)1517942157

Email

bickera@liv.ac.uk