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title: "Calender Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)"
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# Calender Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)

Buyer: UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a09ba130-98f6-4260-bfa5-80204e5f2632

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## Summary

The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is awarding a contract for "Calender Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)" in Coventry, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is at the award phase, with a contract value of £1,931,060. The procurement method used is an open procedure, with the tender closing on 1st February 2023. The project involves purchasing equipment to scale up electrode manufacturing processes, fostering opportunities for businesses in the electrical machinery and industrial machinery categories.

This tender by UKBIC for Calender Equipment presents opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the electrical and industrial machinery industry to grow their business. Businesses involved in manufacturing electrode processes or supplying equipment for electrode manufacturing could find this tender suitable for expansion. The contract period spans from 11th March 2023 to 5th August 2024, providing a timeframe for successful bidders to fulfil the requirements and contribute to the UKBIC's developments in battery industry evolution and changes.

## Notice

The UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line is designed to allow staged scale-up of electrode manufacture from laboratory scale through to GWh scale on UKBICs 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 UKBICs high volume electrode lines. This will incorporate mixing process compatible with UKBICs 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. Calendering Equipment is specifically required to allow UKBIC to process Anode and Cathode electrodes from its own inhouse Coating processes or from third party material produced external to UKBIC. UKBIC currently has Calendering equipment in its Volume Industrialisation Line allowing for segregated Calendering 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 Calendering 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/d874a137-f273-4fd9-944f-c5fa092d1b5e |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Mar 2023 |
| Contract period | 28 Mar 2023 - 9 Oct 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,400,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,931,060 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INGECAL |

## 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

- 20 Apr 2023 at 14:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d874a137-f273-4fd9-944f-c5fa092d1b5e
- 14 Dec 2022 at 14:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dc3aea82-7b83-4b93-bf36-fe95f32dbc49

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d874a137-f273-4fd9-944f-c5fa092d1b5e
  20th April 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dc3aea82-7b83-4b93-bf36-fe95f32dbc49
  14th December 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=2b35719f-bb7b-ed11-811c-005056b64545
  Advert

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ukbic.co.uk/

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