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Expansion of ExDES Teaching System

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software package
South West (UKK4)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: University of Exeter: "Expansion of ExDES Teaching 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 ExeterScope & 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 Exeter. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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31.4Bids / Report
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Coverage: 117 active published awards; 91 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 Exeter
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
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Published15 Jul 2022, 14:11 BST
Last source update15 Jul 2022, 14:11 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationComputer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software package
Delivery area
South West (UKK4)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03528a
What is being bought
Exeter Digital Enterprise Systems (ExDES) lab is a key part of the engineering management research and PGT education, training students to generate and implement multi-disciplinary, advanced, and smart engineering applications in student-centred, and competence-orientated ways. ExDES currently consists in an Industry 4.0 demonstrator of 8 workstations, and AGV (Robotino) and a modelling & simulation multi-platform environment. The requested goods are three more stations and a desktop computer that must be seamlessly integrated in the current configuration: - A storage system; - A robot assembly station; - A human operated station; - A desktop computer capable to process and manage the significant volume of data and the multi-platform simulation capabilities.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Jul 2022, 14:11 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    15 Jul 2022, 14:11 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    15 Jul 2022, 14:11 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Exeter Digital Enterprise Systems (ExDES) lab is a key part of the engineering management research and PGT education, training students to generate and implement multi-disciplinary, advanced, and smart engineering applications in student-centred, and competence-orientated ways. ExDES currently consists in an Industry 4.0 demonstrator of 8 workstations, and AGV (Robotino) and a modelling & simulation multi-platform environment. The requested goods are three more stations and a desktop computer that must be seamlessly integrated in the current configuration: - A storage system; - A robot assembly station; - A human operated station; - A desktop computer capable to process and manage the significant volume of data and the multi-platform simulation capabilities.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 Jul 2022, 14:11 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST · £268,821
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Didactic Services Ltd
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Contracts
Contract
£268,821 · signed 15 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

University of Exeter

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1655
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  • University of Exeter
    buyer

    RC000653
    Northcote House, Exeter, UKK4, EX4 4QH
    j.underhay@exeter.ac.uk

  • Didactic Services Ltd
    supplier

    Tunbridge Wells, UKJ4

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    London
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleThe existing system is controlled using the Festo MES4 application – a bespoke “Manufacturing Execution System” which distributes work orders to each part of the system, tracks products as they move around the system, and can make decisions about what to do in the event of work failures. The existing system works by tracking products, as they are moved around the system on “Pallets” which contain RFID chips, which are designed to be read/written by the Siemens/Turk RFID Read/Write heads, integrated into the conveyer belt line. The existing system communicates with the Robotino (AGV), and should provide suitable docking / exchange points. The existing system provides a digital twin via CIROS package. The extension proposed is designed to integrate with and expand the existing system, must therefore, as a minimum requirement: • Be tightly integrated with this specific MES4 application, and the PLC communication must conform the same API • Have a compatible RFID Read/Write system, with the same physical characteristics, so the carrier can be passed between systems. • Be compatible with the Robotino (AGV) docking system • Have an available CIROS Model, to allow for simulation of the expanded system. These are the reasons for which the procurement could be completed only from the supplier of the existing system.