Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Installation of Haptic Simulators to the University of Birmingham
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDigital Dentistry is a catch-all term to describe the use of digital technology within both the
clinical and educational settings. This strategy focuses of the use of digital technologies to
enhance education for students, rather than the provision of clinical dentistry for their
patients.
The school of Dentistry wishes to procure 6 standalone Haptic Simulators that provide an
immersive, virtual reality experience to operators including simulated handpieces, probing
and local anaesthetic delivery. The simulators will need to link to scanners so the user can
set up bespoke tasks, or they can be pre-loaded with a stock of simulation exercises.
Software development and updating of the bank of procedures must be included.
Haptics have not previously been used at the School of Dentistry. We are looking for a
practical setup where the operator uses two "handpieces" which can be tailored to be a
mirror and a handpiece, a mirror and a probe etc. appropriate to the clinical scenario.
The simulator must provide a good level of tactile feedback, particularly in relation to hard
and soft tissues.
This project may be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or;
- European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) or;
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- Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research
Councils.
CPV: Dental and subspecialty instruments and devices · Training simulators
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The University of Birmingham invites tenders to help the School of Dentistry enhance theirAwarded
The University of Birmingham invites tenders to help the School of Dentistry enhance their
Digital Dentistry teaching and learning experience. We are looking to purchase six haptic
machines: These are standalone units that will provide an immersive, virtual reality
experience to operators including simulated handpieces, probing and local anaesthetic
delivery. Ideally these must be linked to scanners so the user can set up bespoke tasks, or
they can be pre-loaded with a stock of simulation exercises. Software development and
updating of the bank of procedures must be included.
The practical setup is that the operator uses two "handpieces" which can be tailored to be a
mirror and a handpiece, a mirror, and a probe etc. appropriate to the clinical scenario.
The simulator must provide a good level of tactile feedback, particularly in relation to hard
and soft tissues.
The simulators will be used to enhance the quality of speciality teaching and learning at the
School of Dentistry; haptics have not previously been used at the School of Dentistry. Haptic
simulators will be used in a variety of specialty teaching modules. Areas where we could
apply this technology to augment our current offering would be widespread such as manual
dexterity training, practice for class II competencies, practice for crown prep competency,
practice of IDB delivery are obvious examples of the additional improvements in current
teaching which could be offered.
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With this in mind, we expect the instruments to provide advanced solutions for a high quality
learning experience:
The instruments must have the following competencies:
- Manual dexterity
- Operative Dentistry
- Prosthodontics
- Endodontics
- Implantology
- Patient specific - problem based
- Dental anaesthesia learning cases
- Able to read and combine multiple single teeth in PLY or STL format with easy voxalization
within the simulator with automatic segmentation
- Support of image guided simulation by merging intraoral scans and CT scans in one model,
which allows the display of real-time cross-sectional views
- Re-locatable on wheels and can be used above a desk to save space
- Includes phantom head with upper and lower jaws for hand and finger support
- Combines Virtual Reality with Reality elements in a co-located Mixed Reality auto stereo
display
- Willing to develop new cases and work with the University on this
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Compliance to the Specifications: 50%
- After Sales and Technical back up: 10%
- Delivery and Training: 10%
- Standard Supplier Questionnaire (SQ): 10%
- price: 15%
- Sustainability and Environmental: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Compliance to the Specifications: 50
- After Sales and Technical back up: 10
- Delivery and Training: 10
- Sustainability and Environmental: 5
- Standard Supplier Questionnaire (SQ): 10
- Price: 15
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 9 Feb 2023, 14:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Apr 2023, 11:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Mar 2023 – …
- Authority reference
SC11411/23- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010112- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a460Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Mar 2023, 11:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Mar 2023 → 6 Apr 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline13 Mar 2023, 11:59 GMT
- Bids opened13 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts20 Mar 2023
- Notice published6 Apr 2023, 11:20 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Apr 2023, 11:20 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMtoCARE B.VSME | £279,575 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010112-2023-1 · SIMtoCARE B.VSME
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2023
- Value
- £279,575
- Period
- … – 31 May 2023
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- University of BirminghamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SIMtoCARE B.VAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.