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UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Supply of Robotic Arm to the University of Birmingham

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 38900000
Value£90k
Awarded4 Aug 2015
Published23 Jul 2015
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£90ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Tender Documentation can be found on Intend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/aspx/Home In summary this tender is for a single robotic arm mounted on a linear track, which will be used for contacting and non-contacting inspection of railway wheelsets, as described in the technical specification section – Part 2, Section 1.

This is to be funded by the HiTech Rail project which is an ERDF-funded initiative aimed at enabling West Midlands SMEs to develop innovative rail products.

The project is based in the Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham.

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OCID
11695bd7-2cd1-4edf-ae35-0d13ec9370b5
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
SC2997/15
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