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I C Consultants Ltd

Better Futures - P011632

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71600000
Value£5k
Deadline12 Apr 2020
Published30 Jun 2020
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 30 Jun 2020ClosedCloses 12 Apr 2020
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£5ktotal contract value
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The brief

About the Opportunity: Background: The Better Futures Innovation Vouchers provide funding for SMEs on the Better Future Programme enabling the SMEs to work with an expert from a research entity bringing new knowledge into the company to help businesses innovate, develop and grow.

Typical services offered to SMEs could include: • Ideas for new or improved products, processes and services • Product and service testing • Access to information and expertise on new materials • Tapping into research and scientific expertise The Innovation Vouchers will be up to £5,000 in value and its aim is to promote new collaborations between SMEs and a research entity.

The contracting process is being managed by Imperial Consultants, a subsidiary of Imperial College London.

Imperial Consultants will contract with the individuals or organisations to deliver the innovation vouchers.

For more information: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/better-futures/about-better-futures This opportunity: Our client is a start-up company which has developed software which controls a battery's fast charging process and produces a reduction in charge time.

The company have demonstrated the software's effectiveness using real batteries with the software running on desktop-level performance computing equipment.

They are looking for an expert in low-computational-power hardware design to help develop a charger for power tools.

This work will entail modifying a power charger by embedding the software within the charger's hardware and integrated circuits.

Responses are sought from individuals from Knowledge Bases, defined under the ERDF Definition of a Research Entity: Higher Education, Further Education and Research Entities which are: UK Public Sector Research Establishments, Research and Development Organisations, Research and Technology Organisations.

Assessment criteria are as follows: • Applicant from a research entity (pass/fail) • The fit of the expertise to solve the company's need, as assessed by Imperial Consultants and the SME. • The proposed solution and the outputs to be provided. • Availability. • Value for money.

As assessed by Imperial Consultants & SME The contracting process is being managed by Imperial Consultants (I C Consultants Ltd), a subsidiary of Imperial College London.

Imperial Consultants will contract with the individuals or organisations to deliver the innovation vouchers.

For more information please contact: Dr Alistair McDermott Email: a.mcdermott@imperial.ac.uk

Key requirements

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Background: The Better Futures Innovation Vouchers provide

Background: The Better Futures Innovation Vouchers provide funding for SMEs on the Better Future Programme enabling the SMEs to work with an expert from a research entity bringing new knowledge into the company to help businesses innovate, develop and grow.

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Imperial Consultants will contract with the individuals

Imperial Consultants will contract with the individuals or organisations to deliver the innovation vouchers.

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The company have demonstrated the software's effectiveness

The company have demonstrated the software's effectiveness using real batteries with the software running on desktop-level performance computing equipment.

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This work will entail modifying a power

This work will entail modifying a power charger by embedding the software within the charger's hardware and integrated circuits.

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