The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a Cryogenic Mechanical Tester

This Award Notice relates to an open tender above the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) threshold for goods related to research and development equipment required by the Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) department at the University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority). The Contracting Authority seeks to award the contract to a single supplier. The supplier shall undertake the contract for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Cryogenic Mechanical Tester. The Contracting Authority will require the equipment to be delivered, installed and commissioned on campus at the University of Strathclyde. The equipment is grant funded and aligned to Innovate UK’s (UKRI) ZEST1 Zero Emissions for Sustainable Transport Project.

The University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority) seeks to award a contract to a single supplier to supply, deliver, install and commission a cryogenic mechanical tester. The Contracting Authority anticipates that the contract will be for a duration of twenty (20) months. The Contracting Authority requires the awarded supplier to fulfil the below non-exhaustive list of requirements:

1 The offered equipment must be able to tensile/compres/bend/torsion samples.

2 The offered equipment must be have the ability to test samples between 20 Kelvin and room temperature.

3 The offered equipment must have the ability to accurately control and measure the sample temperature between 20 Kelvin and room temperature, with less than 1K error.

4 The offered equipment must have the ability to apply and monitor parameters during tensile/compres/bend/torsion testing.

5 The offered equipment must have the ability to inject hydrogen gas for tested samples before the testing.

6 The offered equipment must store or output data from thermal/load sensors.

7 The offered solution must include self-aligning tooling.

8 The testing rig of the offered equipment must have a minimum class 0.5 load cell for ranges 0-100kN as laid out in the ISO standard 376:2011.

9 The temperature of the offered solution must be controlled automatically using a temperature controller.

10 The offered equipment must be able to export to Microsoft Excel and CSV file format.

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the successful Tenderer, either intended as partial

replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations.

The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.