Supply, Delivery, and Installation of a Phased Array Ultrasonic Tester (PAUT)

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: University of Strathclyde
Postal address: McCance Building, 16 Richmond Street
Town: Glasgow
Postal code: G1 1XQ
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Natasha Murray
Telephone: +44 7811592949
Email: natasha.murray@strath.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Supply, Delivery, and Installation of a Phased Array Ultrasonic Tester (PAUT)

Reference number: UOS-30242-2023
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 42900000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:

The University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority) seeks notes of interest for a potential procurement exercise for the Supply, Delivery, and Installation of a Phased Array Ultrasonic Tester (PAUT). Potential Tenderers who believe they can fulfill the high level specification detailed in this PIN, will be sent a market research questionnaire to review in full, complete and submit to the contracting authority. Notes of Interest in this notice by 14:00pm on the 19th of January 2024.

II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 1000000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 38540000
Main CPV code: 31640000
Main CPV code: 38900000
Main CPV code: 71632200
Main CPV code: 38430000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
Main site or place of performance:
University of Strathclyde
II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The PIN invitation relates to an open tender below the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) threshold for goods to appoint a single suitably qualified supplier to supply, deliver and commission a maximum of four (4) Low-Latency Real-Time 64:128 PAUT Controllers. The University of Strathclyde’s Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) Department secured grand funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The Contract duration is anticipated to be for a period of twenty-eight (28) months inclusive of a two (2) year warranty and anticipated 16 week lead time. The Contracting Authority requires a supplier that can fulfill the below
non-exhaustive list of requirements:
The offered equipment must feature 64:128 PAUT Channels
The offered equipment must feature 1 PAUT Hypertronic Probe Connector
The offered equipment must feature >4 Conventional Ultrasonic Channels
The offered equipment must feature > 200 V Pulsers on all PAUT and Conventional Channels
The offered equipment must feature > 30 kHz Phased Array Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF)
The offered equipment must feature > 12 bit Receiver Analogue Digital Convertor (ADC) Resolution
The offered equipment must feature >110 dB Receiver True Analog Gain Including Time Corrected Gain (TCG)
The offered equipment must feature ability to hardware synchronise further units to maximum of 8 Units (512: 1024)
The awarded supplier must be able to commit to a maximum delivery lead time of 16 weeks from the point of contract award.

II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2024-01-30
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
(SC Ref:755427)

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2024-01-17