River, Estuary and Coastal Resilient Infrastructure Testing Flume

This contract is for one tilting Wave-Current flume with a raised walkway, installed and commissioned into the University's Future Towns Innovation Hub flume laboratory.

The new flume will be used primarily for research purposes and secondarily for external users. The proposed facility will support funded research areas in ecohydraulics, water engineering, hydraulic and coastal engineering, and marine energy.

This purchase is for a River, Estuary and Coastal Resilient Infrastructure Testing Flume which is to be installed and commissioned into the University's Future Towns Innovation Hub flume laboratory.

The University is conducting this procurement using the Open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations for the purpose of procuring the goods described in the Specification. The University proposes to enter into a contract of up to 6 years with the successful tenderer.

This will comprise of a warranty period of 2 years following an estimated delivery lead time of 12 months. There will then be the option to extend the warranty and servicing by a further 3-year period subject to the discretion of the University.

The contract will be effecting on signing. The term of the warranty will run for 2 years from the date of the acceptance of the goods by the University.

The estimated value of the contract is £2,300,000.00 GBP excluding VAT. Whilst tenderers are expected to provide a tender that falls within this budget, for the benefit of doubt, the University reserves the right to automatically exclude any tenderers whose tender exceeds this figure. All related components, delivery, installation, commissioning, training, services and warranties MUST be included within the proposal.

The total estimated value of this contract takes into account the estimated value of extending the service and maintenance contract up to an additional three years.

Details of current expenditure or potential future uptake are given as a guide based on past purchasing and current planning to assist you in the preparation of your Tender. They should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods or services to any value and do not form part of the Contract. Additional information: This contract is NOT suitable for splitting into lots. The risk of dividing the requirement into Lots would render the execution of the contract excessively technically difficult, not cost effective and would undermine proper execution of the contract.