United Kingdom-Newcastle: (NU/1612-4) Supply of High Performance End of Line Test Equipment

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-019692/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Newcastle University
Postal address: Newcastle University, Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Town: Newcastle
Postal code: NE1 7RU
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Mr Dave Anderson
Telephone: +44 1912085360
Email: dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

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: (NU/1612-4) Supply of High Performance End of Line Test Equipment

Reference number: DN548163
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 31000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) is an Innovate UK (IUK) Challenge program to support UK industry to seize the economic opportunities from the global transition to clean technologies and electrification. The programme will help businesses across numerous sectors including transport, energy, construction and agriculture to invest and work together to capitalise on the UK’s strengths in this technology.
The DER program vision is “To make the UK globally recognised as the centre of excellence in PEMD manufacturing processes”.
As part of that program, Newcastle University has been awarded a large grant to establish a new DER Innovation Centre (DER-IC) in the North East of England. The NE DER-IC will concentrate on the prototyping and scale-up of power electronics and electric motors.
This tender was focussed on the motor manufacturing aspect and the purchase of relevant equipment to manufacture and test electric motors. There are six separate equipment systems being tendered in this ITT, as follows:
i) Leak Test system (Section 3.2)
ii) Magnetic Scanner system (Section 3.3)
iii) Motor test Dynamometer/EOL Tester (Section 3.4)
iv) Vibration Shaker system (Section 3.5)
v) Environmental Test Chamber System (Section 3.6)
vi) Environmental Thermal Stock Chamber system (Section 3.7)
The scope was for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of each system as detailed in the ITT, with after sales support, a minimum 12 months parts and labour warranty and maintenance. This should include on completion of installation a complete set of operating and maintenance documents.
This requirement was only advertised to all Sellers appointed to Lot 5: High Performance End of Line Test of (NU/1612) Flexible Electric Machine Assembly Line Dynamic Purchasing System (OJEU Ref: 2020/S 229-565620).
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:922456
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) is an Innovate UK (IUK) Challenge program to support UK industry to seize the economic opportunities from the global transition to clean technologies and electrification. The programme will help businesses across numerous sectors including transport, energy, construction and agriculture to invest and work together to capitalise on the UK’s strengths in this technology.
The DER program vision is “To make the UK globally recognised as the centre of excellence in PEMD manufacturing processes”.
As part of that program, Newcastle University has been awarded a large grant to establish a new DER Innovation Centre (DER-IC) in the North East of England. The NE DER-IC will concentrate on the prototyping and scale-up of power electronics and electric motors.
This tender was focussed on the motor manufacturing aspect and the purchase of relevant equipment to manufacture and test electric motors. There are six separate equipment systems being tendered in this ITT, as follows:
i) Leak Test system (Section 3.2)
ii) Magnetic Scanner system (Section 3.3)
iii) Motor test Dynamometer/EOL Tester (Section 3.4)
iv) Vibration Shaker system (Section 3.5)
v) Environmental Test Chamber System (Section 3.6)
vi) Environmental Thermal Stock Chamber system (Section 3.7)
The scope was for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of each system as detailed in the ITT, with after sales support, a minimum 12 months parts and labour warranty and maintenance. This should include on completion of installation a complete set of operating and maintenance documents.
This requirement was only advertised to all Sellers appointed to Lot 5: High Performance End of Line Test of (NU/1612) Flexible Electric Machine Assembly Line Dynamic Purchasing System (OJEU Ref: 2020/S 229-565620).

II.2.5)Award criteria

II.2.11) Information about options
Options no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
A dynamic purchasing system was set up
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2020/S 229-565620
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Lot No: 3.2
Title: (NU/1612-4) 3.2 Supply of a Leak Test System

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2021-06-30
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:1
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Marposs Limited
Postal address: Leofric Business Park, Progress Way
Town: Coventry
Postal code: CV3 2TJ
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:27200
Currency:GBP
Contract No: 2
Lot No: 3.4
Title: (NU/1612-4) 3.4 Supply of a Motor test Dynamometer/EOL Tester

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2021-06-30
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:3
Number of tenders received from SMEs:3
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Marposs Limited
Postal address: Leofric Business Park, Progress Way
Town: Coventry
Postal code: CV3 2TJ
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:621600
Currency:GBP
Contract No: 3
Lot No: 3.5
Title: (NU/1612-4) 3.5 Supply of a Vibration Shaker system

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2021-06-30
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:1
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Weiss Technik UK Ltd
Postal address: Units 37-38 Loughborough Technology Centre, Epinal Way
Town: Loughborough
Postal code: LE11 3GE
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:114058
Currency:GBP
Contract No: 4
Lot No: 3.6
Title: (NU/1612-4) 3.6 Supply of a Environmental Test Chamber System

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2021-06-30
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:1
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Weiss Technik UK Ltd
Postal address: Units 37-38 Loughborough Technology Centre, Epinal Way
Town: Loughborough
Postal code: LE11 3GE
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:96436
Currency:GBP
Contract No: 5
Lot No: 3.7
Title: (NU/1612-4) 3.7 Supply of a Environmental Thermal Shock Chamber System

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2021-07-20
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:1
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Weiss Technik UK Ltd
Postal address: Units 37-38 Loughborough Technology Centre, Epinal Way
Town: Loughborough
Postal code: LE11 3GE
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:63162
Currency:GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Newcastle University
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point
information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows
unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the
contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award
decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum
of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who
have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High
Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive
knowledge of breach.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2021-08-13