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# Integrated Control Systems Equipment and Software for Teaching and Research

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-control-systems-equipment-and-software-for-teaching-and-research-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: "Integrated Control Systems Equipment and Software for Teaching and Research". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-manchester-urn-133842)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 December 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package, Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-control-systems-equipment-and-software-for-teaching-and-research-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f3`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **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/integrated-control-systems-equipment-and-software-for-teaching-and-research-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f3#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48460000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** 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 ...
- **Contract Period:** 03/02/2022 to 02/02/2032

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029060-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-22T15:20:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:53:20.674Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f3