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title: "REF: AEMRI-226-TSS Tensile / Slow Strain Rate Test Machine in Hydrogen Gas"
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published: "2022-09-14"
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# REF: AEMRI-226-TSS Tensile / Slow Strain Rate Test Machine in Hydrogen Gas

Buyer: TWI LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-032fb8

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## Summary

The procurement process for the title "REF: AEMRI-226-TSS Tensile / Slow Strain Rate Test Machine in Hydrogen Gas" is being conducted by TWI Ltd, a renowned research and technology organisation based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The procurement falls under the industry category of machines and apparatus for testing and measuring. The procurement stage is currently active, with a contract period running from June 27th, 2022, to June 30th, 2023. The tender method is an open procedure, and the submission deadline is set for June 8th, 2022.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies specialising in manufacturing equipment for testing and measuring. Suitable businesses should have expertise in supplying servo-electric mechanical test frames with integrated pressure vessels for testing in hydrogen gas environments. The procurement's focus on advanced materials research and technology development makes it well-suited for organisations with experience in high-performance materials and structures, robotic inspection, large structure inspection for the green energy sector, and nuclear fabrication research.

## Notice

TWI would like to procure one servo-electric mechanical test frame to be supplied with a pressure vessel integrated into the load train to allow for tensile and slow strain rate testing in a hydrogen gas environment.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

TWI is one of the world's foremost independent research and technology organisations, with expertise in solving problems in all aspects of manufacturing, fabrication and whole-life integrity management technologies. Established in Cambridge, UK in 1946 and with facilities across the globe, the company has a first class reputation for service through its teams of internationally respected consultants, scientists, engineers and support staff, whose knowledge and expertise is available to its Industrial Members as and when they require. This specification has been produced as part of an initiative known as AEMRI (Advanced Engineering Materials Research Institute), which is funded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) using European Regional Development Funds (ERDF). AEMRI seeks to create a unique facility housing a critical mass of equipment, expertise and resources. AEMRI provides an environment to test and prove the limits of performance of advanced materials. Through the use of advanced modelling and simulation methods, full, large-scale mechanical test structures will be designed and built upon finite element analysis (FEA) calculations. Advanced, automated non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques will be developed with the aim of saving the industry time and production costs as well as minimising the risk of catastrophic structural failures. AEMRI will deliver the objectives of the project through the following four technical strands:- - Modelling and Simulation of High Performance Materials and Structures. - Advanced Robotic Inspection of Complex Geometry Structures. - Inspection Systems for Very Large Structures for the Green Energy Sector. - Nuclear Fabrication Research Centre. TWI would like to procure one servo-electric mechanical test frame to be supplied with a pressure vessel integrated into the load train to allow for tensile and slow strain rate testing in a hydrogen gas environment.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025854-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Jun 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 26 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2023 |
| 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 | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TWI LTD |
| Additional buyers | EUROPEAN UNION |
| Locality | CAMBRIDGE |
| Post town | Cambridge |
| Postcode | CB21 6AL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | South Cambridgeshire |
| Electoral ward | Linton |
| Westminster constituency | South Cambridgeshire |
| Delivery location | TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

### Codes

- 38423000 - Pressure-measuring equipment
- 38540000 - Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
- 44615000 - Pressure vessels

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2022 at 16:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025854-2022
- 6 Sep 2022 at 13:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024960-2022
- 31 May 2022 at 10:39 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015175-2022
- 22 Apr 2022 at 15:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010522-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/twi
- https://www.twi-global.com

## Provenance

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