Published date: 1 April 2020

Last edited date: 1 April 2020

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: 16 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Machine tools operated by laser and machining centres - 42610000

  • Industrial robots - 42997300

Location of contract

HD1 3DH

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

HUD-CE-017

Published date

1 April 2020

Closing date

16 April 2020

Contract start date

4 May 2020

Contract end date

4 May 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

This is an accelerated procedure.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University is currently tendering for the construction and delivery of a Robot Machining Cell:

The key features of the cell are:

Construction of a robotic cell with parallel kinematic platform and machining spindle mounted on an articulated robot. The robot has an interchangeable head/end effector to facilitate three main functions 1) machining spindle, 2) hexapod (parallel kinematic motion device that provides six degrees of freedom) and 3) combined hexapod and spindle. This provides a flexible platform for robot research on machining and performance improvement.

More information

Links

Additional text

To apply for this tender or view the documents in relation to this contract please register on our In Tend portal, to which there is a link below. Tender submissions are only accepted through the portal.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhuddersfield/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Joe Byrne

Address

University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
United Kingdom

Telephone

01484472113

Email

j.j.byrne@hud.ac.uk