Supply of UTPA Probe/Wedge Combinations

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

SUPPLY OF UTPA PROBE/WEDGE COMBINATIONS
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. Web: purchasing@twi.co.uk (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 the Awarding Authority , which is funded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) using European Regional Development Funds (ERDF). The Awarding Authority seeks to create a unique facility housing a critical mass of equipment, expertise and resources. The Awarding Authority 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.
The Awarding Authority 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.
To allow ultrasonic phased array data to be collected from an undulating surface, probe/wedge combinations with a conformable interface are required. These probe/wedge combinations should be configurable to collect zero degree long wave data, angled long wave data and angled transverse wave data.
CPV: 33141641, 31711120
Administrative Information
Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority
AEMRI-83-UTPA
WA Ref:82277
Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders: 19.6.2018 (12:00:00)
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Other Information
Estimated award date: 27-06-2018
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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