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Contract for the Upgrade of an existing Ren500M to a RenAM 500S-Flex Additive Manufacturing System

Printing machinery
West Midlands (UKG31)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Contract for the Upgrade of an existing Ren500M to a RenAM 500S-Flex Additive Manufacturing System". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
2.3Bids / Report
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Coverage: 8 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
Last source update29 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPrinting machinery
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-033227
What is being bought
Contract for the Upgrade of an existing Ren500M to a RenAM 500S-Flex Additive Manufacturing System
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    29 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    29 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Supply of REN-AM 500S Flex plus accessories to replace an existing Ren500M.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 29 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · £200,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Renishaw UK Sales Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£200,000 · signed 29 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Contracting authority GB-FTS-23416
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  • UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
    buyer

    Chancellors Close, BIRMINGHAM, UKG31, B152TT
    s.y.ting@bham.ac.uk

  • Renishaw UK Sales Ltd
    supplier

    Gloucestershire, UKK1, GL12 8SP

  • University of Birmingham
    reviewBody

    Birmingham, B15 2TT
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
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Procedure rationaleThe University of Birmingham Centre seeks to optimize the design of additively manufactured metal implants for improved patient outcomes. The RenAM 500S system is an upgrade for our Centre due to its automated safe powder handling and double filtering systems. These features will offer significant benefits in standardisation and a controlled environment when conducting comparative scientific analysis on different geometrical designs, metal alloy systems, thus providing a greater level of confidence in experimental data. Furthermore, the compatibility of the system with the MeltVIEW in-situ process monitoring offers unique benefits in helping understand how input parameters shall affect key performance criteria. Lastly, the system is compatible for a reduced build volume unit allowing use of smaller amounts of different powders, this will support the University in continuing state of the art research in a number of application areas. Renishaw will continue to provide QuantAM build preparation software, for which they own the IP rights. It is crucial to research progress that we continue with the same build software to enable accurate comparisons between existing data and that which shall be generated on the upgraded 500S system. Furthermore, continuing to use the QuantAM software will enable to ensure that evidence we have collected so far around quality assurance will be enable going forward with the upgraded system, saving substantial time and consumables. University of Birmingham is currently working closely with Renishaw PLC to actively grow this relationship, moving towards a strategic partnership that stretches across multiple research groups and areas of expertise. Renishaw, with their continued support, is working with the University of Birmingham to achieve ISO 13485 standards for our production facility to enable implants designed and manufactured at the University to go into clinical use under the appropriate circumstances.