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Vibration Inertia Platofrms

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

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Summary of the contracting process

Cardiff University has awarded the contract for "Vibration Inertia Platforms" to Mason Uk Ltd. The procurement process falls under the goods category, with a description specifying the need for passive anti-vibration inertia platforms in a cleanroom setting. The contract was signed on 21st October 2022, enhancing business opportunities for suppliers in the laboratory services industry.

This tender by Cardiff University offers business growth opportunities primarily for suppliers of equipment suitable for vibration-sensitive environments. With a focus on maintaining low vibration levels within the cleanroom, businesses providing anti-vibration solutions and laboratory equipment would be well-suited to compete. The procurement method was open, with key dates including the tender period ending on 8th August 2022 and the award period ending on 15th August 2022.

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Notice Title

Vibration Inertia Platofrms

Notice Description

The TRH cleanroom is a bay and chase design with the main fabrication equipment located in each of the bays of the cleanroom and the ancillary equipment located, for the most part, in the chases on either side of each bay. The cleanroom has a suspended floor, 1.5m above the concrete subfloor of the building, which comprises a lattice arrangement of 600 x 600 mm tiles inset within an aluminium frame and with 1.5m length aluminium legs at each corner that are bolted into the subfloor. Vibration sensitive equipment that will be sited on the suspended floor ranges from optical microscopes and other metrology equipment which will sit on passive anti vibration tables, to micron-scale mask aligners which require dedicated AV tables with active air legs and, most sensitive of all, nanometre-scale electron beam imaging and pattern writing equipment which require, as a minimum, air leg platforms and additional quiet islands located beneath the tools in the subfloor. Appendix C is a map of the cleanroom and shows the required different vibration criteria for different areas of the cleanroom. Vibration measurements of the floor were conducted by Colin Gordon and Associates and the raised access floor was shown to meet or exceed required vibration levels, see appendix D. It should be noted that the data recorded for the floor is representative of the cleanroom "as built", i.e. the air-handling plant was running but no local sources of vibration such as pumps and chillers were in place or operational.A significant source of vibration within a cleanroom is from ancillary tools located within the chases, spatially separate from the main tools but connected via the continuous floor and connecting service pipework. Chief examples are pumps and chillers, but any equipment with moving parts is a potential source of vibration.Therefore, to maintain, as far as possible, the vibration levels as measured for the "as built" cleanroom, in particular in key critical areas as shown in appendix C, it is considered essential that passive anti-vibration inertia platforms are used to isolate ancillary tooling from the floor. The use of the inertia bases will act to lower the centre of gravity of the equipment to be isolated thus stabilising the equipment and the amplitude of movement of the equipment will also be reduced, thereby reducing the extent of the transmission of vibration across the floor to vibration sensitive tooling, and consequently reducing the risk of equipment within the cleanroom being unable to operate to its full potential due to vibration.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-123270
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=123270
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

71900000 - Laboratory services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
8 Aug 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Oct 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Contact Name
Anthony Hale, Huw Price
Contact Email
pricegh@cardiff.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2920879648

Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF24 0DE
Post Town
Cardiff
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Cardiff
Electoral Ward
Adamsdown
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MASON

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