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title: "(NU/1609-14) Supply of a Robot Arm System with Screwdriver Attachment"
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# (NU/1609-14) Supply of a Robot Arm System with Screwdriver Attachment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1609-14-supply-of-a-robot-arm-system-with-screwdriver-attachment-ocds-h6vhtk-038652). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1609-14) Supply of a Robot Arm System with Screwdriver Attachment". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, Industrial robots
- **Delivery Location:** UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038652`

## 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/nu-1609-14-supply-of-a-robot-arm-system-with-screwdriver-attachment-ocds-h6vhtk-038652#tl-md)

## Description
The Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) is an Innovate UK (IUK) Challenge program to support UK industry to seize the economic opportunities from the global transition to clean technologies and electrification. The programme will help businesses across numerous sectors including transport, energy, construction and agriculture to invest and work together to capitalise on the UK’s strengths in this technology.
As part of that program, Newcastle University has been awarded a large grant to establish a new DER Innovation Centre (DER-IC) in the North East of England. The NE DER-IC will concentrate on the prototyping and scale-up of power electronics and electric motors.
This tender is focussed on the power electronics aspect and the purchase of relevant equipment for robotic assembly of power electronic technology.
The scope is for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of the equipment as detailed in the Invitation to Tender document, with after sales support, a minimum 12 months parts and labour warranty and maintenance.
This requirement was only being advertised to all Sellers appointed to Lot 7: Robotic Placement of (NU/1609) Power Electronics Manufacturing Dynamic Purchasing System.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 42997300
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** The Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) is an Innovate UK (IUK) Challenge program to support UK industry to seize the economic opportunities from the global transition to clean technologies and electrification. The programme will help businesses ac...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** (NU/1609-14) Supply of a Robot Arm System with Screwdriver Attachment (active)
  - Award id: `032719-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **RARUK Automation Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185010`
  - Value: £33,968 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** (NU/1609-14) Supply of a Robot Arm System with Screwdriver Attachment (active)
  - Signed Value: £33,968
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032719-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-18T10:03:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:41:43.703Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038652