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# NERIC Equipment Wave 2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/neric-equipment-wave-2-ocds-h6vhtk-033ea6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE): "NERIC Equipment Wave 2". Published status: complete. Published Value: £750,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-salford-the-urn-133845)
- **Published Value:** £750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 June 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industrial robots, Printers and plotters
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £818,635 (exc. VAT, 6 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/neric-equipment-wave-2-ocds-h6vhtk-033ea6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033ea6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/neric-equipment-wave-2-ocds-h6vhtk-033ea6#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsalford%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/neric-equipment-wave-2-ocds-h6vhtk-033ea6#participate

## Description
The North of England Robotic Innovation Centre (NERIC) is a newly formed specialist department within the University of Salford. NERIC is an £18 million project part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Research England. It will serve as a hub for small to medium-sized companies (SMEs) looking to design, test and validate innovation in the rapidly growing area of robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. NERIC will support SME's to implement robotic and automation solutions in many different sectors including healthcare delivery and technology development, manufacturing, acoustics, product design, built environment and infrastructure development and maintenance, and many others.
This request for tender is the second of three tranches, aimed at furnishing our food and manufacturing, intelligent mobility, and services laboratories.

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Additive manufacturing
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30232100
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £25,000
- **Description:** Additive manufacturing

### Lot 2: Telepresent robot
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £20,000
- **Description:** Telepresent robot

### Lot 3: Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £190,000
- **Description:** Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment

### Lot 4: Intelligent mobility
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £265,000
- **Description:** Intelligent mobility

### Lot 5: Nimble multifunction robot
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £150,000
- **Description:** Nimble multifunction robot

### Lot 6: SCARA for healthcare setting
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £50,000
- **Description:** SCARA for healthcare setting

### Lot 7: Delta robot
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £50,000
- **Description:** Delta robot

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (7)
- **Award:** Additive manufacturing (active)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Additive-X Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-57372`
  - Value: £25,960 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Telepresent robot (active)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Extend Robotics Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:12171849`
  - Value: £31,047 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment (active)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-16727`
  - Value: £188,750 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Intelligent mobility (active)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Vikaso Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:11319335`
  - Value: £316,900 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Nimble multifunction robot (active)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Createc Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185080`
  - Value: £166,210 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** SCARA for healthcare setting (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Delta robot (active)
  - Award id: `026896-2022-7`
  - Supplier(s): **POMO Limited t/a POMO Robotics**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:SC686914`
  - Value: £89,768 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** Telepresent robot (active)
  - Signed Value: £31,047
  - Signed Date: 20/09/2022

- **Contract:** Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment (active)
  - Signed Value: £188,750
  - Signed Date: 20/09/2022

- **Contract:** Intelligent mobility (active)
  - Signed Value: £316,900
  - Signed Date: 20/09/2022

- **Contract:** Nimble multifunction robot (active)
  - Signed Value: £166,210
  - Signed Date: 14/09/2022

- **Contract:** Additive manufacturing (active)
  - Signed Value: £25,960
  - Signed Date: 07/09/2022

- **Contract:** Delta robot (active)
  - Signed Value: £89,768
  - Signed Date: 07/09/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026896-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-26T14:18:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:12:10.970Z
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