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Diamond Light Source Ltd

Mechanical Testing Rigs for K11 and I12

Industrial MachineryCPV 42900000
Value£902k
Awarded8 Jan 2019
Published1 Apr 2019
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£902ktotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£1.3m

This is a large award for Industrial Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The scope of the contract is to design, manufacture, supply, deliver, install and commission two mechanical test rigs for Beamline K11 and Beamline I12.

These test rigs will comprise of the following a) A test rig including two rotation stages and an actuation system to allow compressive or tensile loads to be applied to the sample. b) A closed loop controls system c) A suitable interface allowing software integration of the supplied system into the beamline's control system d) One or more Load cells suitable for the rated load of the rig, see section 3.6 of our Technical Specification. e) Mechanical and electrical interfaces f) Motion system to allow centring of the sample on beam height. g) All software source code (with comments) if Delta Tau motion control solution is used.

Not included in the scope of delivery: a) Any sample environments b) Strain gauge c) Extensometer d) A graphical user interface We understand that the requirements for this rig are stringent and make this technically challenging.

If some of the technical specifications cannot be met then this should be made clear in the tender return.

While it is strongly preferred that all technical specifications be achieved or exceeded, proposals that do not meet every technical specification will still be considered.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The scope of the contract is

The scope of the contract is to design, manufacture, supply, deliver, install and commission two mechanical test rigs for Beamline K11 and Beamline I12.

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C) A suitable interface allowing software integration

c) A suitable interface allowing software integration of the supplied system into the beamline's control system.

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