Notice Information
Notice Title
Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT)
Notice Description
The University of Southampton is constructing new facilities, and part of this development effort is the update of experimental facilities. This Invitation to Tender addresses one of the requirements, namely a new Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT) designed as a flexible test platform for novel aerodynamics and fluid mechanics research work and experimental technique. The wind tunnel will be installed in a newly constructed building at the University of Southampton's campus. The new building is known as Building 185. This procurement aims to identify a Contractor to design, manufacture, deliver, install, test and commission the BLWT in accordance with the requirements and performance criteria detailed within the Invitation to Tender document set. Additional information: The University is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend: https://intendhost.co.uk/ universityofsouthampton) to manage this procurement and to communicate with participating organisations. All documentation in relation to this tender can be downloaded from InTend. Participating organisations are advised that there will be no hard copy documents issued to organisations and all communications with the University including the submission of Invitation to Tender responses will be conducted via In-Tend. Regular monitoring of In-Tend is the responsibility of the participating organisation. If you are not already registered as a supplier with the University of Southampton, you will need to register in In-Tend in order to access the Invitation to Tender documentation. Once you have logged in: click on 'Tenders'; locate the relevant project; and click 'View Details'. Once you are in the project screen. you will be able to register your company against the project and access all documentation by clicking 'Express Interest'. Further instructions for the submission of Invitation to Tender responses are below. To submit your return, please follow the instructions below: 1. Login 2. Click 'Tenders' 3. Locate the relevant project 4. View Details 5. Click on the tab relating to the relevant project stage (e.g. 'Invitation to Tender Stage') 6. Click on the 'Attach Documents' button and upload your return. 7. Check ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the "My Tender Return" panel. The system will only permit your organisation to make one return. 8. Click the red "Submit Return" button. Please note that to preserve the integrity of the soft market testing exercise, all queries must made be via the correspondence function within In-Tend.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1e968c4f-36b2-4e4b-8ee3-8e2a1836a0a8
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36aad615-88a7-40f9-aa99-062698be3655
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
-
- CPV Codes
38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £690,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £650,800 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Sep 20196 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Apr 2019Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Jul 20196 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Sep 2019 - 1 Mar 2021 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
- Contact Name
- Suzanne Carlisle
- Contact Email
- procurement@soton.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- 02380 592654
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- SO17 1BJ
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ32 Southampton
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Southampton
- Electoral Ward
- Portswood
- Westminster Constituency
- Southampton Test
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/36aad615-88a7-40f9-aa99-062698be3655
10th September 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cf97e3fd-2f00-4408-9678-3c38a9a57097
19th March 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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