Published date: 3 April 2025

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: 24 April 2025, 2:30pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial machinery - 42000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN770065-10876888

Published date

3 April 2025

Closing date

24 April 2025

Closing time

2:30pm

Contract start date

30 May 2025

Contract end date

30 May 2028

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) is an Innovate UK (IUK) Challenge program to support the UK industry to seize the economic opportunities from the global transition to clean technologies and electrification. The programme will help businesses across numerous sectors including transport, energy, construction and agriculture to invest and work together to capitalise on the UK's strengths in this technology.

The DER program vision is 'To make the UK globally recognised as the centre of excellence in PEMD manufacturing processes
.
As part of that program, Newcastle University was awarded a large grant to establish a new DER Innovation Centre (DER-IC) in the Northeast of England. DER-IC NE will concentrate on the prototyping and scale-up of power electronics and electrical machines. IUK grant is funding the purchase of the systems.

This procurement is split into four (4) lots:

• Lot 1 - Semi-Automated Die Bonder
• Lot 2 - Vacuum Reflow Oven
• Lot 3 -.Power Device and Module Tester
• Lot 4 - Power Tester

The University is not governed by the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023 when carrying out this tender process as it is not a "contracting authority" as defined therein.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jordon Suttle

Address

4th Floor King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1912064000

Email

jordon.suttle@newcastle.ac.uk

Website

https://www.ncl.ac.uk