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title: "Mixing Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0366c4"
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current_stage: "Planning"
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published: "2022-09-08"
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# Mixing Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)

Buyer: UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0366c4

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## Summary

The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre is planning a procurement process for "Mixing Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)" within the electrical machinery and equipment category. The tender involves purchasing equipment related to battery electrode manufacturing to establish a Flexible Industrialisation Line at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The process is currently at the planning stage, with a future notice date of 16th January 2023.

This tender offers an opportunity for businesses specialising in manufacturing equipment for battery electrodes to compete for providing a flexible mixing system for the UKBIC project. Suitable vendors would need to offer solutions capable of producing homogeneous electrode slurries for coating and drying, along with modular and space-efficient designs. Interested parties should be prepared to deliver equipment meeting UKCA conformity requirements and operating between ambient conditions and -70°C dewpoint.

## Notice

UKBIC has a requirement to purchase a range of equipment relating to the manufacture of battery electrodes to establish a Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is part of the UK Government's Faraday Battery Challenge. UKBIC is a national battery manufacturing development facility helping to scale-up battery manufacturing and facilitate upskilling in the battery sector. We are a publicly funded, open access facility, funded by the Faraday Battery Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). This PIN lists the general requirements for anode and cathode slurry mixing equipment to be housed in a clean and dry room for a battery electrode Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at UKBIC.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Vendors will be invited to submit a bid to provide a flexible mixing system to fit into a clean and dryroom. This system would need to be representative and scale-able to a larger system For the mixing process of the anode and cathode materials to form a coatable electrode slurry, the necessary equipment must be procured; In the first step, the materials (liquids and solids) of the electrode slurries must be dosed to the mixing system from storage containers. The materials are subdivided into active materials (e.g. graphite, lithium metal oxide etc. - typically in the form of micron scale powders), conductive agent, binder, additives, solvents etc. The target of the process is the production of a homogeneous electrode coatable slurry. Agglomerates or contamination of the slurry with foreign particles (especially metallic particles, air bubbles) must be excluded. Mixing is precursor step for coating and drying. The supplier must ensure that his system can be linked to the coating and drying line, or that slurry can be transferred to the coater. * The mixer must be capable of both Anode and Cathode slurries, therefore the supplier must provide a thorough cleaning strategy for the system. * Vendors are invited to submit equipment solutions to provide a mixing capability for minimum 25L to 70L per batch, mixing can be a batch or comparable continuous process. * The equipment needs to operate between ambient conditions to -70degC dewpoint. * The mixing equipment must be capable of producing homogenous, gas free electrode slurries suitable for slot-die coating on conventional coating and drying equipment. * The mixing system must have the capability for inerting and provision of dry nitrogen or dry argon blanketing or vacuum system. * The equipment must offer modular solution, so equipment can be easily reconfigured or decommissioned in the future. * The equipment must be capable of producing different recipes and formulations and mixing protocols. One mixing system must be procured - if budget allows, a second mixing system may be procured to avoid cross-contamination. The potential bidders are encouraged to provide information and suggest what savings could be made if a second mixing system was ordered at the same time as the first. Bidders are encouraged to put forward space or energy efficient next generation mixing processes applicable to battery slurries. All equipment to provide UKCA conformity.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025174-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 16 Jan 2023 |
| 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| 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 | TLG3 West Midlands |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

### Codes

- 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2022 at 07:13 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025174-2022

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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