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National Physical Laboratory

Procurement of Electrolyser Alkaline Test Station

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£400,000
Deadline16 Sept 2024
Published19 Aug 2024
RegionNationwide

£400,000 — stated in the notice.

Timeline
Published 19 Aug 2024ClosedCloses 16 Sept 2024
Who to contact
Nina Heath
nina.heath@npl.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£400ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) requirement is for an alkaline water electrolyser test station able to test single cell electrolysers at up to 250 A and pressures of 50 bar.

This equipment is needed to extend NPL’s test capability to more industrially relevant conditions, increase throughput, enable longer term testing, and improve result quality.

The test station should be fully user programmable, automated to support long term (>1000 h) continuous operation and diagnostic experiments and ensure safe operation at all times.

The requirement is for the test station and any required on-site commissioning and training on use of the equipment.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) requirement is

The National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) requirement is for an alkaline water electrolyser test station able to test single cell electrolysers at up to 250 A and pressures of 50 bar.

02

This equipment is needed to extend NPL’s

This equipment is needed to extend NPL’s test capability to more industrially relevant conditions, increase throughput, enable longer term testing, and improve result quality.

03

The test station should be fully user

The test station should be fully user programmable, automated to support long term (>1000 h) continuous operation and diagnostic experiments and ensure safe operation at all times.

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OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
026314-2024
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