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title: "Contract for the Supply and Installation of an Aqueous Mechanical and Corrosion Testing Loop with in-situ Irradiation Capability to the University of Birmingham"
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# Contract for the Supply and Installation of an Aqueous Mechanical and Corrosion Testing Loop with in-situ Irradiation Capability to the University of Birmingham

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-supply-and-installation-of-an-aqueous-mechanical-and-corrosion-testing-lo-ocds-h6vhtk-030041). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Contract for the Supply and Installation of an Aqueous Mechanical and Corrosion Testing Loop with in-situ Irradiation Capability to the University of Birmingham". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.in-tendhost.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 January 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
- **Delivery Location:** UKG, UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £458,881 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030041`

## Before you bid
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- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
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- **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/contract-for-the-supply-and-installation-of-an-aqueous-mechanical-and-corrosion-testing-lo-ocds-h6vhtk-030041#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-tendhost.com%2Funiversityofbirmingham)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-supply-and-installation-of-an-aqueous-mechanical-and-corrosion-testing-lo-ocds-h6vhtk-030041#participate

## Description
The University of Birmingham invites tenders for supply of An Aqueous Mechanical and Corrosion Testing Loop with in-situ Irradiation Capability. The University operates an MC40 Cyclotron and a neutron beam facility is currently being built. The MC40 Cyclotron can produce the proton beam energies in the range of 3~38 MeV.
To support the nuclear research in the UK, the University has been awarded a project by EPSRC to develop a system which will enable the mechanical testing of materials under aqueous environment relevant to the current and future nuclear reactor applications, and with the capability of in-situ irradiation.
In summary, the aqueous system needs to enable the stress corrosion cracking experiments in the normal PWR conditions and also super-critical water conditions, with and without proton and/or neutron irradiation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Specification:
8(A) specifications of the aqueous system:
1. A hydrogen (& its isotopes) injecting, monitoring and control system that enables the control of dissolved hydrogen in aqueous-based coolant (up to a minimum of 2000 cc/kg) and monitoring i...
- **Contract Period:** 14/02/2022 to 30/06/2022

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011378-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Cormet Oy**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-51787`
  - Value: £458,881 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011378-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £458,881
  - Signed Date: 10/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011378-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-03T14:49:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T13:51:23.254Z
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