Computed Tomography Visualisation and Analysis

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS
Single stage – Any candidate may submit a tender.
Contract type: Supply contract
Contracting authority: TWI Ltd, TWI Technology Centre (Wales), Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL. Tel: 01223899000. Email: purchasing@twi.co.uk. Web: Electronic access to information: Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: (Purchasing Department), CB21 6AL.
Object of the contract
Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
The Awarding Authority is one of the world’s foremost independent research and technology organisations, with expertise in solving problems in all aspects of manufacturing, fabrication and whole-life integrity management technologies.
Established in Cambridge, UK in 1946 and with facilities across the globe, the company has a first class reputation for service through its teams of internationally respected consultants, scientists, engineers and support staff, whose knowledge and expertise is available to its Industrial Members as and when they require.
This specification has been produced as part of an initiative known as AEMRI (Advanced Engineering Materials Research Institute), which is funded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) using European Regional Development Funds (ERDF). AEMRI seeks to create a unique facility housing a critical mass of equipment, expertise and resources. AEMRI provides an environment to test and prove the limits of performance of advanced materials. Through the use of advanced modelling and simulation methods, full, large-scale mechanical test structures will be designed and built upon finite element analysis (FEA) calculations. Advanced, automated non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques will be developed with the aim of saving the industry time and production costs as well as minimising the risk of catastrophic structural failures.
AEMRI will deliver the objectives of the project through the following four technical strands:-
Modelling and Simulation of High Performance Materials and Structures.
Advanced Robotic Inspection of Complex Geometry Structures.
Inspection Systems for Very Large Structures for the Green Energy Sector.
Nuclear Fabrication Research Centre.
The Awarding Authority currently operates two microfocus X-ray CT scanning systems from Nikon Metrology (formerly X-Tek Systems Ltd). For visualisation and analysis, The Awarding Authority operates a license of Volume Graphics’ VGStudio MAX Version 2.2 with the Coordinate Measurement Module. TWI requires either an upgrade for this software package or the supply of new software, ensuring the functionality of the existing software.
Please ensure all correspondence relating to this tender is submitted through the In-Tend correspondence facility.
CPV: 33115000, 48100000
Administrative Information
Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority: AEMRI-53-CTVAS
WA Ref:69720
Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders 22.8.2017 (12:00:00)
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Other Information
Estimated award date: 19-09-2017
Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up: EN
Additional Information
Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: This specification has been produced as part of an initiative known as AEMRI (Advanced Engineering Materials Research Institute), which is funded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) using European Regional Development Funds (ERDF).
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