--- title: "Calendering Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE" published: "2022-12-14" --- # Calendering Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) Buyer: UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-038d7e.json) ## Summary The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre is seeking tenders for the purchase of Calendering Equipment for the Flexible Industrialisation Line project. This project aims to scale up electrode manufacturing processes, incorporating mixing, coating, and drying equipment. The procurement stage is currently active, with a tender deadline set for February 1st, 2023. The opportunity is in the goods category within the electrical machinery industry. The buying organisation is located in Coventry, UK. This tender presents a growth opportunity for businesses involved in industrial machinery, particularly those with expertise in calendering machines. Companies that can supply equipment compatible with electrode manufacturing processes and meet the futureproofing requirements for battery industry evolution are well-suited to compete. The procurement method is an open procedure, allowing a diverse range of suppliers to participate in the bidding process and potentially win contracts with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. ## 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. Calendering Equipment is specifically required to allow UKBIC to process Anode and Cathode electrodes from its own in-house 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. ### Lot Information Lot 1 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 | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035408-2022 | | 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 | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | 1 Feb 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | 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 | Active | | Lots status | Active | | 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 | Not specified | ## 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 - 42932000 - Calendering machines ## Release History - 14 Dec 2022 at 14:53 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035408-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=2b35719f-bb7b-ed11-811c-005056b64545 - https://www.ukbic.co.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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