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# (NU/1892) Newcastle University Flexible Power Electronics and Electric Machine Assembly Lines Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1892-newcastle-university-flexible-power-electronics-and-electric-machine-assembly-line-ocds-h6vhtk-03abf3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1892) Newcastle University Flexible Power Electronics and Electric Machine Assembly Lines Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: £3,000,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 December 2024 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- **Delivery Location:** UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03abf3`

## 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-1892-newcastle-university-flexible-power-electronics-and-electric-machine-assembly-line-ocds-h6vhtk-03abf3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D93b3301d-42b4-ed11-811f-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1892-newcastle-university-flexible-power-electronics-and-electric-machine-assembly-line-ocds-h6vhtk-03abf3#participate

## 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.
The DER program vision is “To make the UK globally recognised as the centre of excellence in PEMD manufacturing processes”.
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 document is focussed on the assembly of electric motors and the purchase of relevant equipment for that activity.
The DPS Lots are as follows:
1. Metrology
2. Environmental Testing
3. Power Electronics Test Platform
4. Power Supplies
5. Test Enclosures
6. Encapsulation
7. Rotor Balancing
Suppliers must indicate which lots they are applying by completing the relevant technical lot questionnaire(s).
Applications to this DPS can be made by registering via the University's eTendering portal at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=93b3301d-42b4-ed11-811f-005056b64545
The contract reference is NU/1892.
The deadline for submitting an application in Round 1 of this DPS is 14.00 GMT on Monday 27 March 2023. If you miss this Round 1 deadline, a new Round (2) will automatically open. Note that each round is then closed once a new application is received, and the next round will automatically open. This continues until the expiry date of this DPS

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Metrology equipment
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £450,000
- **Description:** This lot covers equipment to accurately measure physical geometry by 3D coordinates using laser sensors.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

### Lot 2: Environmental Testing Equipment
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £150,000
- **Description:** This Lot covers all equipment to upgrade an existing thermal test chamber to include humidity.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

### Lot 3: Power Electronics Test Platform
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** The Lot covers all equipment for the high performance test of power electronic devices, modules and circuits under conditions of power cycling and thermal cycling.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

### Lot 4: Power Supplies Equipment
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £575,000
- **Description:** This Lot covers all power supplies to provide highly controllable input and loading to power electronic circuits and systems of the types used in automotive applications.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

### Lot 5: Test Enclosures
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £775,000
- **Description:** This Lot covers all enclosures to provide temperature controlled environments, acoustic damping, mechanical containment, fire retardation, and fume extraction.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

### Lot 6: Encapsulation Equipment
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £600,000
- **Description:** This Lot covers all equipment to dispense encapsulants, including under vacuum, for power electronics and electrical machines applications.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

### Lot 7: Rotor Balancing Equipment
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** This Lot covers all equipment to upgrade an existing unbalance measurement system  to include on-board balancing capability.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005610-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-24T16:32:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:31:08.587Z
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