Notice Information
Notice Title
250136 Contract for the Design, Manufacture, Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of an Agile Multifunctional Composite Automation cell
Notice Description
Queen's University Belfast require a Contract for a 6 Axis CNC Gantry Agile multifunctional composites automated ply lay-up machine, designed to manipulate modular process heads for high productivity and quality.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: Options to extend beyond this period for the provision of maintenance, ancillaries and complimentary goods for a further period of up to 10 years or the end of useful life of the equipment.
Planning Information
Queen’s staff have undertaken pre market engagement activity including discussions with a number of companies. The activity was undertaken in order to: 1- gain a better understanding of what the market can offer and if the market was capable of responding to a tender in relation to this requirement; 2- identify potential suppliers for the requirement; 3- understand potential lead times, and 4- gain an understanding of the commercial profile for the requirement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052648
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046198-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
-
- CPV Codes
31640000 - Machines and apparatus with individual functions
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,583,333 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,583,333 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Aug 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 27 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Cancelled
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@qub.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT7 1NN
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046198-2025
5th August 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032380-2025
13th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027929-2025
28th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027484-2025
26th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
Suppliers wishing to express an interest and participate in this tender must register at this address and download the documentation
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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