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title: "Calender Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039245"
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# Calender Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)

Buyer: UK BATTERY INDUSTRIALISATION CENTRE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039245

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## Summary

The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre has awarded a contract for Calender Equipment for its Flexible Industrialisation Line. The project aims to scale up electrode manufacturing processes from laboratory to GWh scale, incorporating mixing and coating equipment for electrode production. The contract, led by the UKBIC, involves the installation of new calendering equipment in a Clean Room facility to process anode and cathode electrodes, enhancing electrode manufacturing capabilities.

The tender for Mixing Equipment for UKBIC's Flexible Industrialisation Line has been completed with Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KG winning the contract. This equipment will enable UKBIC to produce anode and cathode slurries for coating processes, supporting a wider range of chemistries. The contract necessitates the installation of the mixing equipment in a new internal Clean Room facility to facilitate research and development-focused mixing on a scale larger than laboratory systems.

## Notice

This is a contract award notice Description of the original requirement below: 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

Contract award notice for Calendering Equipment 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/011109-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Mar 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £5,469,780 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | 2 |
| Supplier names | INGECAL; MASCHINENFABRIK GUSTAV EIRICH |

## 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

- 18 Apr 2023 at 13:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011109-2023
- 31 Mar 2023 at 10:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009429-2023
- 19 Dec 2022 at 10:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035788-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=f78a63e4-827f-ed11-811c-005056b64545
- https://www.ukbic.co.uk/

## Provenance

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