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Published 22 Nov 2021, 15:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Integrated Control Systems Equipment and Software for Teaching and Research

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureAccelerated
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 8 Dec 2021
Contract term 10 yrsends 2 Feb 2032 · starts 3 Feb 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University wishes to appoint a Contractor as The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester requires high standard integrated control systems equipment and digital twin software to be used for teaching and research in the area of control systems including but not limited to continuous and discrete-time PID control, state space, system identification, multivariable control (multiple-input, multiple-output system control), model predictive control, nonlinear control, optimal control, robust control and reinforcement control. The control systems equipment must be an integrated hardware system suitable for both classical and advanced control education and research. The digital twin software for the control systems equipment and other multiple virtual digital twin software for different control systems benchmark problems are required to allow the students and researchers to design controllers and analyse control systems performance in a software simulation environment; the equipment will be located at The University of Manchester.

CPV: Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package · Research, testing and scientific technical simulator

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of… 10 yrs

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester requires high standard integrated control systems equipment and software to be used for teaching and research in the area of control systems. The control systems equipment must be an integrated hardware system suitable for both classical and advanced control education and research. Virtual digital twin software of the hardware is also required to allow the students and researchers to design controllers and analyse control systems performance in a software simulation environment. Furthermore, other virtual digital twin software of different control systems benchmark problems is also required to enable a wide portfolio of control systems research and teaching projects to be supervised. Multiple identical units of integrated control systems equipment are required.

Contract period: 3 Feb 2022 – 2 Feb 2032 (10 yrs)
Delivery: North West · The University of Manchester
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Nov 2021, 15:20 GMT
Last source update
22 Nov 2021, 15:20 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Dec 2021 – …
Authority reference
2021-1827-ICSE-AL-PC
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029060
Accelerated

Please note that the University of Manchester is running this procurement under an Open Accelerated Procedure under Regulation 27(5) of the Public Contract Regulations. This is due to the state of urgency connected with the strict requirements for the start of the project.

Classification (CPV)
Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software packageResearch, testing and scientific technical simulator
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Part 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 address the remedies available to economic

operators. The University will incorporate a minimum 10 (ten) calendar day standstill period

in accordance with Regulation 87 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 prior to concluding the award of any contract pursuant to this notice.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
8 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT

Timeline

22 Nov 2021 → 3 Feb 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    22 Nov 2021, 15:20 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    8 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    3 Feb 2022

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Room G010, John Owens Building, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, North West, M13 9PLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court Justice of EnglandReview body London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria