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# Automated Factory for Industry 4.0

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-factory-for-industry-4-0-ocds-h6vhtk-042e80). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** City of Sunderland College: "Automated Factory for Industry 4.0". Published status: complete. Published Value: £370,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [City of Sunderland College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-sunderland-college-urn-131347)
- **Published Value:** £370,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 February 2024 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Educational equipment, Industrial machinery, Industry specific software package, Teaching equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKC23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £311,309 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042e80`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/automated-factory-for-industry-4-0-ocds-h6vhtk-042e80#tl-md)

## Description
As part of EPNE’s Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) the college have a requirement for the provision of an Automated Factory for Industry 4.0. Our Engineering and Manufacturing department are keen to provide new experiences to our students.  Students and users will be trained and prepared to work, providing them a valid insight into Industrial IoT environments and highly digitized and automated factories. The system will reduce the gap between academia and industrial IoT factories, by utilising industry standard components, practices, and operations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 39162000, 39162100, 42000000, 48100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £370,000
- **Description:** As part of EPNE’s Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) the college have a requirement for the provision of an Automated Factory for Industry 4.0. Our Engineering and Manufacturing department are keen to provide new experiences to our students. Studen...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Automated Factory for Industry 4.0 (active)
  - Award id: `011678-2024-T23/0171-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Flamefast**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-94355`
  - Value: £311,309 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Automated Factory for Industry 4.0 (active)
  - Signed Value: £311,309
  - Signed Date: 09/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011678-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-10T14:58:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T11:40:21.253Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042e80