Notice Information
Notice Title
Mixing Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)
Notice Description
UKBIC has a requirement to purchase a range of equipment relating to the manufacture of battery electrodes to establish a Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is part of the UK Government's Faraday Battery Challenge. UKBIC is a national battery manufacturing development facility helping to scale-up battery manufacturing and facilitate upskilling in the battery sector. We are a publicly funded, open access facility, funded by the Faraday Battery Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). This PIN lists the general requirements for anode and cathode slurry mixing equipment to be housed in a clean and dry room for a battery electrode Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at UKBIC.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Vendors will be invited to submit a bid to provide a flexible mixing system to fit into a clean and dryroom. This system would need to be representative and scale-able to a larger system For the mixing process of the anode and cathode materials to form a coatable electrode slurry, the necessary equipment must be procured; In the first step, the materials (liquids and solids) of the electrode slurries must be dosed to the mixing system from storage containers. The materials are subdivided into active materials (e.g. graphite, lithium metal oxide etc. - typically in the form of micron scale powders), conductive agent, binder, additives, solvents etc. The target of the process is the production of a homogeneous electrode coatable slurry. Agglomerates or contamination of the slurry with foreign particles (especially metallic particles, air bubbles) must be excluded. Mixing is precursor step for coating and drying. The supplier must ensure that his system can be linked to the coating and drying line, or that slurry can be transferred to the coater. * The mixer must be capable of both Anode and Cathode slurries, therefore the supplier must provide a thorough cleaning strategy for the system. * Vendors are invited to submit equipment solutions to provide a mixing capability for minimum 25L to 70L per batch, mixing can be a batch or comparable continuous process. * The equipment needs to operate between ambient conditions to -70degC dewpoint. * The mixing equipment must be capable of producing homogenous, gas free electrode slurries suitable for slot-die coating on conventional coating and drying equipment. * The mixing system must have the capability for inerting and provision of dry nitrogen or dry argon blanketing or vacuum system. * The equipment must offer modular solution, so equipment can be easily reconfigured or decommissioned in the future. * The equipment must be capable of producing different recipes and formulations and mixing protocols. One mixing system must be procured - if budget allows, a second mixing system may be procured to avoid cross-contamination. The potential bidders are encouraged to provide information and suggest what savings could be made if a second mixing system was ordered at the same time as the first. Bidders are encouraged to put forward space or energy efficient next generation mixing processes applicable to battery slurries. All equipment to provide UKCA conformity.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0366c4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025174-2022
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
-
- CPV Codes
31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 16 Jan 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE
- Contact Name
- Miss Gita Rehal
- Contact Email
- gita.rehal@ukbic.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2475267743
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV8 3AL
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG13 Warwickshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG3 West Midlands
-
- Local Authority
- Warwick
- Electoral Ward
- Cubbington & Leek Wootton
- Westminster Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
Further Information
Notice URLs
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