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title: "3631/JN - Spin Test Facility"
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# 3631/JN - Spin Test Facility

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fb958562-9903-42ad-b7c8-4559e227654a

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## Summary

The University of Sheffield is inviting tenders for the procurement of a spin test facility, a research project funded by Innovate UK. The facility will support R&D in high-speed rotating components and assemblies, providing mechanical testing and model validation for electrical machine rotors. The procurement stage is an award, with a contract period set to begin on 2nd May 2024. The total contract value is £1,058,000 in GBP. The location for delivery is in Yorkshire and the Humber, UK. The industry category is laboratory, optical, and precision equipment.

This tender opportunity presents a chance for businesses involved in laboratory equipment and precision instruments to compete for the contract. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to participate. The University of Sheffield, as the buyer, aims to collaborate with industry and academia to advance research and supply chain development in power electronics, machines, and drives. Interested parties can engage through the University's e-tendering system to access relevant documents and submit their tenders before the deadline on 10th March 2023.

## Notice

The University of Sheffield's Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and AMRC with funding from Innovate UK are looking to acquire a spin-test facility (also colloquially known as 'spin-rig') in support of research in high speed rotating components and assemblies. This capability will form part of a UK-wide network of facilities and capabilities which are available to UK industry and academia to further R&D and supply chain development in power electronics, machines and drives. Its principal role will be to facilitate mechanical testing, model validation and certification of high performance electrical machine rotors, including an ability to determine burst speeds and assess the nature of the burst. Although burst capability and overspeed testing is an essential requirement, much of the demand is driven by the need to characterise rotors and shaft assemblies in terms of radial growth at normal operating conditions and to characterise low-cycle fatigue. The system will consist of an evacuated chambers into which the test-piece is located and connected to a drive mechanism that enables its mechanical response to be quantified over a prescribed speed range as set out in the requirements section below. The facility will also be used in support of wider rotatives research across the University Sheffield, in many cases in collaboration with industry and/or academic partners, where likely use cases include inter-alia tool assemblies, compressor and turbine parts. The facility will be an R&D facility, in many cases testing one-of-a-kind test pieces and not a production facility and hence there is little or no premium in rapid / automated set-up of repeated tests. The equipment will be located in an existing industrial unit within the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) which has a 400mm thick cast concrete floor, extensive services, large loading doors and a10 tonne overheard crane. This is an FTS open exercise. The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University's e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend system, this can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c2c36ed6-130e-442f-9130-d65485a762a6 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Mar 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | 21 Aug 2024 - 23 Aug 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,058,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,039,900 |
| 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 | UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S10 2TN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | Broomhill and Sharrow Vale |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SCHENCK ROTEC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

## Release History

- 24 Aug 2023 at 13:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c2c36ed6-130e-442f-9130-d65485a762a6
- 6 Feb 2023 at 11:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd3be4db-5572-4a75-8261-ea57e8f6fe64

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c2c36ed6-130e-442f-9130-d65485a762a6
  24th August 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd3be4db-5572-4a75-8261-ea57e8f6fe64
  6th February 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield
  All tender documents can be accessed at

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