Published date: 5 August 2021

Last edited date: 5 August 2021

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: 26 August 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery - 42990000

Location of contract

NG7 2RN

Value of contract

£30,000 to £55,000

Procurement reference

1573 RFQ JG

Published date

5 August 2021

Closing date

26 August 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

Outdoor Lower Test Rig for mounting an Electrical Motor with Propeller (design included) to enable outdoor testing. This does not include the propulsion systems. Includes manufacture, supply and installation. The lower test rig must be fully installed and operational by 31/12/2021 to ensure no delays on this or other future projects with deadlines attached. The rig is expected to be in place for some six months after which the successful bidder will be required to dismantle and remove it.

More information

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Additional text

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), which has developed a new environmentally friendly airship 84 years after the Hindenburg disaster, has named a string of routes it hoped to serve from 2025.

The E-HAV 1 project funded by ATI (INNOVATE UK) shall demonstrate a fully electric propeller.

This bid is for producing, installing and commissioning the TEMPORARY lower outdoor rig, as per the drawings provided, to enable outdoor testing. This does not include the propulsion systems. The quotation responses should include options for the manufacture, supply and installation of an Outdoor Lower Test Rig for mounting an Electrical Motor with Propeller (design included). The rig is expected to be in place for some six months after which the successful bidder will be required to dismantle and remove it.

The lower test rig must be fully installed and operational by 31/12/2021 to ensure no delays on this or other future projects with deadlines attached.

Please refer and respond to the Technical Requirements within this Request for Quotation.

This RFQ documentation reference 1573 RFQ JG should only have been downloaded from the In-Tend Portal. Link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnottingham/aspx/Home

Confirmation of intention to submit - The In-Tend system has an OPT IN / OPT OUT button at the end of the ITT list of documents, if you wish to proceed with this tender you must click on the 'OPT IN' button via the website to enable you to upload your return: Link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnottingham/aspx/Home

Decline or inability to return - If you wish to decline or are unable to return please click on the 'OPT OUT' button along with a correspondence to detail the reasons why you have declined to bid for this tender via the website: Link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnottingham/aspx/Home

Correspondence regarding Request for Quotation - Any queries about this RFQ MUST ONLY be directed using the correspondence link on the In-Tend website Link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnottingham/aspx/Home Responses to basic clarification queries will be shared with all prospective Bidder's. However, correspondence marked as 'commercially sensitive' will be respected as such and NOT shared, although the UoN reserves the right to overrule this marking if it has been incorrectly identified.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Julie Greenfield

Address

Lenton Lane
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 2RN
United Kingdom

Telephone

+441158466587

Email

julie.greenfield@nottingham.ac.uk