Notice Information
Notice Title
Tender for force measuring treadmill to investigate high-speed running mechanics.
Notice Description
Within the Research Institute of Sports Sciences we are engaged in several research projects that would greatly benefit from the use of a high specification single-belt force-measuring treadmill. These include running footwear developments for both long duration fatiguing and fast running and also prolonged marching and jogging in military boots. The ability to characterise detailed running mechanics over a wide range of controlled running speeds will also be important for projects that involve return to sports participation following injury. Work in this area will require running at near maximal sprinting speeds. Functional testing of running biomechanics is becoming more important in rehabilitation from lower limb injuries in athletes. Return to play or performance criteria established during actual running are now thought to be highly informative from a clinical perspective. This is particularly the case for faster running speeds linked to specific injury mechanisms. Therefore, the requested force-measuring treadmill will provide valuable quantitative medical information to assist athletes in their injury recovery and readiness for the demands of returning to full sports participation. Other important treadmill features required include both an inclined and declined surface functionality (for projects investigating the detrimental effects of muscle soreness) and the ability of the belt to accelerate or decelerate in order to perturb gait (to simulate slipping for example). The latter application will require the treadmill motor to be industrial grade (with very high belt acceleration capabilities). The force data from the treadmill surface to feed into the above applications must have an excellent signal to noise ratio (i.e. relatively noise free raw data) and be able to capture high-frequency aspects of the ground reaction forces during running impacts. This will require the treadmill to have a high natural frequency of vibration to avoid vibration and resonance effects from the impacts. Force data should also have real-time integration capabilities with both our current opto-electronic 3D camera systems from Qualisys (Sweden) and Vicon (U.K.). There also needs to be direct integration with Visual 3D software by C-Motion (which we use in our laboratory) in order to optimise the processing of data. Therefore, this tender is for a high specification force-measuring treadmill. Whilst there is no guarantee of overall spend, the anticipated spend for this specialised apparatus is approximately 80K-100K and may be subject to available funding Additional information: Please register on In-tend to access the tender documents, and ask any queries pertaining to this tender Please do not email the buyer
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cfed0b3b-3057-4ced-9f23-cf93ba0084f8
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1113814b-7172-4755-90d3-656808e7dff9
- 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 (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
37 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
42 - Industrial machinery
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- CPV Codes
31100000 - Electric motors, generators and transformers
37450000 - Field and court sports equipment
42100000 - Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £97,000 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Sep 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Jul 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Aug 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2021 - 1 Oct 2023 2-3 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
- LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Kathryn Houghton
- Contact Email
- purchaseorderqueries@ljmu.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01519046496 ext 6496
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L2 2QP
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre North
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1113814b-7172-4755-90d3-656808e7dff9
15th September 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8f58368b-8051-4bac-8480-cb67bb3f65dc
22nd June 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
Notice URLs
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