--- title: "Slitter Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE" published: "2022-12-19" --- # Slitter Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) Buyer: UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5a22e81a-2d96-4be8-a267-ebdc3f17daf1.json) ## Summary The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre has issued a tender for the procurement of Slitter Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) in Coventry, England. The tender falls under the industry category of Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting and Industrial machinery. The procurement method is an open procedure with a tender period ending on 6th February 2023 and a contract period starting from 21st March 2023 to 12th May 2025. This procurement opportunity presents a chance for businesses involved in the manufacturing of electrode materials for batteries to compete. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be well-suited to participate in this tender due to the suitability criteria. The procurement stage is currently open, providing a window for businesses to engage with UKBIC and potentially secure contracts for supplying Slitter Equipment. ## Notice The UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line is designed to allow staged scale-up of electrode manufacture from laboratory scale through to GWh scale on UKBIC's existing high-volume electrode lines. The project will be phased and in the first phase equipment will be purchased to allow scale-up of electrode processes from the Flexible Industrialisation Line to UKBIC's high-volume electrode lines. This will incorporate mixing process compatible with UKBIC's mainline process and coating and drying equipment which will take batches of slurry and convert them onto anode and cathode foils. Subsequent equipment will incorporate next generation electrode manufacturing processes, so solutions covering both scenarios are encouraged. This new electrode capability will be supplemented by flexible equipment to Calender and slit the electrode reels allowing them to be converted into cells using the main UKBIC cylindrical and pouch cell assembly lines, or other flexible cell manufacturing equipment that may be installed during a later phase. Slitting process equipment is required to allow UKBIC to process Anode and Cathode electrodes from its own in-house Coating and Calendering processes or from third party material produced external to UKBIC. UKBIC currently has Slitting equipment in its Volume Industrialisation Line allowing for segregated Slitting of Anode and Cathode material however the size of the equipment is desired for Electrode Material at high levels of maturity and/or on a mass production scale. As a result, UKBIC is looking to install smaller equipment for customers at lower maturity level and allow for added flexibility and modularity as such that new/missing technologies from UKBICs Volume Industrialisation line can be used and proven. The Slitting equipment will be installed in a new internal Clean Room facility to UKBIC and should allow for futureproofing with the known assumption of battery industry evolution and changes. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/878dd41e-002d-4b88-a207-ffa9b480d240 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | 6 Feb 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 21 Mar 2023 - 12 May 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £800,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE | | Locality | COVENTRY | | Post town | Coventry | | Postcode | CV8 3AL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG13 Warwickshire CC | | Local authority | Warwick | | Electoral ward | Cubbington & Leek Wootton | | Westminster constituency | Kenilworth and Southam | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 42 - Industrial machinery ### Codes - 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 42000000 - Industrial machinery ## Release History - 19 Dec 2022 at 16:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/878dd41e-002d-4b88-a207-ffa9b480d240 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/878dd41e-002d-4b88-a207-ffa9b480d240 19th December 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cbae9856-b67f-ed11-811c-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - https://www.ukbic.co.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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