Official UK procurement notice
Cell Cycling Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)
Authority: UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionUKBIC has a requirement to purchase a range of equipment for manufacturing conformance testing of battery cells to establish a Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre.
The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is part of the UK Government’s Faraday Battery Challenge. UKBIC is a national battery manufacturing development facility helping to scale-up battery manufacturing and facilitate upskilling in the battery sector. We are a publicly funded, open access facility, funded by the Faraday Battery Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
This PIN lists the general requirements for cell cycling equipment to be housed in a new self-contained (external) test facility as part of a Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at UKBIC. This requirement will be split into three lots:
Lot 1 – Cell cycling equipment
Lot 2 – Temperature chambers
Lot 3 – Modular building
Suppliers will be able to bid for individual lots, however bids that offer combined solutions incorporating more than one aspect of this equipment are encouraged.
The ability to fabricate offsite and provide a turnkey solution for a complete self-contained test facility incorporating all aspects would be advantageous.
Bidders will also encouraged to put forward energy efficient solutions.
All equipment to provide UKCA conformity.
CPV: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Industrial machinery · Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments · Modular and portable buildings · Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Cell Cycling EquipmentPlanned
Lot 1 – Cell cycling equipment
Cell cycling equipment with an operating voltage range of -5V to +5V (or similar) is required. It is envisaged that a quantity of 96 to 192 test channels of 15A per channel capability will be required, along with 16 to 96 channels of 100A per channel capability.
The provision of cabling and test fixtures for connecting the cycling equipment to the 21700 cells (for the 15A channels) and 300mm x 100mm x 5-10mm pouch cells (for the 100A channels) would be an advantage. Test fixtures should enable the user to easily and safely connect and disconnect individual cells.
Lot #2Temperature ChambersPlanned
Lot 2 – Temperature chambers
Temperature chambers are required to house all of the cells and test fixtures (see Lot 1) for long term cycle life testing. The temperature range of the chambers should be -20ºC to +80ºC and the chambers should be rated to EUCAR 5 or 6 (to be confirmed).
Lot #3Modular BuildingPlanned
Lot 3 – Modular building
A containerised solution or modular building to house the equipment in Lots 1 and 2 and providing controlled environments for an operator control room, an equipment room and the main testing area is required. This building will be located outside and appropriate fire, safety and security management systems should be incorporated.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Sept 2022, 08:04 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2022, 08:04 BST
- Authority reference
DN631822- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026453- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036a45Find a Tender
Publisher note: We welcome the following information from any interested suppliers: • Timings • Layout / footprint (operational and equipment) • Brochures • Specification sheets • Unique selling points compared to competition • Technical and service support in the UK • Typical Services required for: Power (Load - XX kw)/ Chilled water (Load - XX kW) / Compressed air (Min/Max Pressure - XX bar)/ Special Gas requirements/ Compressed air (Min/Max Pressure - XX bar)/ Equipment heat load (Thermal power released - XX W)/ Waste-water and -air
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Sept 2022 → 16 Jan 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published22 Sept 2022, 08:04 BST
- Tender notice expected16 Jan 2023
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