Provision of an Additive Manufacturing Printing Solution

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

PROVISION OF AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRINTING SOLUTION
Single stage – Any candidate may submit a tender.
Contract type: Supply contract
Contracting authority: TWI Ltd, AEMRI, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL. Tel: 01223899000. Email: purchasing@twi.co.uk. Email: 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.
Technology Overview
The awarding authority desire to enhance their plastic/polymer Additive Manufacturing (AM) capabilities to subsequently aid in the delivery of objectives mentioned above. Additive manufacturing is a rapid fabrication process that allows users to create custom components in small production volume. Applications for AM components at TWI change daily, and the fabrication technology needs to be able to create low volume, bespoke components. The solution is to be a desktop stereolithography (SLA) device that can manufacture in a range of different materials. Consumables and add-on features for the discussed technology should also be provided in the solution.
Please ensure all correspondence relating to this tender is submitted through the In-Tend correspondence facilities.
CPV: 30232100, 39300000, 42991200
Administrative Information
Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority
AEMRI-73-AMPS
WA Ref:81251
Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders 21.5.2018 (12:00:00)
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Other Information
Estimated award date : 31-05-2018
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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