--- title: "Data Warehouse to Enable Digital Manufacturing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL" published: "2019-04-01" --- # Data Warehouse to Enable Digital Manufacturing Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-36f6b1bb-d0ac-4076-ae45-9e87fd0ba509.json) ## Summary The University of Bristol is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Data Warehouse to Enable Digital Manufacturing." This opportunity aims to enhance the digital capabilities of the National Composites Centre, located in Bristol, England, following a recent investment of £36.7 million in new composite manufacturing equipment. Interested suppliers are invited to express their interest by July 1, 2019, as part of this early engagement initiative. The procurement will focus on data-processing machines and related technologies, essential for collecting and analysing manufacturing data through various sensors. This tender presents significant opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that specialise in data-processing and smart manufacturing technologies. Businesses that provide data warehousing solutions, sensor integration, and data analytics services would be particularly well-suited to compete. By engaging in this market engagement process, companies can contribute to shaping the procurement specifications and enhance their chances of being considered for the final tender, which will be informed by feedback from this initial phase. ## Notice Please note: This contract is suitable for SMEs! The National Composites Centre intends to procure a Data Warehouse to Enable Digital Manufacturing.. Recently the NCC was awarded PS36.7m to invest in the next generation of composite manufacturing equipment. Ten new capabilities have been purchased that will enable us to continue to provide world-class research and development services to the composite manufacturing community into the next decade. The equipment procured by the NCC is to become Digital-ready. This will be achieved through the addition of sensors to monitor key process variables and intelligent data processing to drive manufacturing decisions. Key to this Digital capability is a data warehousing solution, which is required to store data collected from the manufacturing processes and to allow engineers to query, interrogate and analyse the manufacturing data. These data will be derived from a range of sensors that may include the following: - Thermocouples; - Pressure sensors; - Dielectric sensors; - Thermal cameras; - Visual cameras; - Laser line scanners. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) serves to alert the marketplace of this opportunity and to invite interested suppliers to lodge an initial expression of interest by sending an email to zoe.sotan@nccuk.com. Contractors may also provide any other information, which they feel, may support the NCC with scoping and planning for this exercise. At this stage, the NCC has not identified a route to procurement. The intention is to use the information gathered during the market engagement to shape the proposed procurement process and specification for this project. Commercially confidential information should therefore be marked accordingly. Following consideration of responses, the NCC may wish to engage in further discussions with the respondents, which may also further help to inform any subsequent Tender documentation. Tender documents will be finalised following supplier feedback and issued thereafter. (Note: There are currently no tender documents at this stage - this stage is to understand market interest via expressions of interest only). Details and guidance on the procurement process will be provided within the tender documentation. Participating in this market sounding exercise will not guarantee short-listing at a later stage in the procurement, nor will non-participation in this market sounding exercise restrict access to the tender opportunity. As a result of feedback or for any other reason, the NCC may make the decision not to go ahead with any proposed procurement exercise. The NCC will not meet any costs incurred by any party in responding to this notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Apr 2019 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Jul 2019 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS16 7FS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire | | Local authority | South Gloucestershire | | Electoral ward | Emersons Green | | Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 30210000 - Data-processing machines (hardware) - 30236200 - Data-processing equipment - 31350000 - Electric conductors for data and control purposes - 32260000 - Data-transmission equipment - 32580000 - Data equipment - 32581000 - Data-communications equipment - 48610000 - Database systems - 48614000 - Data-acquisition system ## Release History - 1 Apr 2019 at 10:42 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a - 31 Jan 2019 at 15:05 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a - 31 Jan 2019 at 10:38 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a - 31 Jan 2019 at 10:31 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a - 30 Jan 2019 at 10:09 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1192ca92-9cd0-440c-9adc-d4bed26e175a 1st April 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.nccuk.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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