(NU/1628) Provision of Consultancy to the DER Project
The Driving Electrical Revolution (DER) Industrialisation Centres is a £33M investment from the UK Government into the development of Power Electronics Machines and Drives (PEMD). Seven industrial sectors have been identified, including automotive, aerospace and industrial. The DER Centres are being led by Newcastle University and include the creation of an off campus facility in Sunderland: The DER Centre North East. The Centre will provide an open access prototype and scale up manufacturing facility to help accelerate product development.\r
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The DER Centre North East will include a cross-sectoral electrical machine assembly line. The vision is to develop a set of independent assembly and test cells that together form a flexible machine assembly plant, giving companies access to leading edge automated electrical machine manufacturing technology.\r
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To manifest the vision, the university wishes to engage support from experienced designers (Consultants) in the development of automated machine assembly facilities. Specifically across five stages:\r
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1. Stake holder engagement and performance requirements.\r
2. Facility design.\r
3. Equipment specification.\r
4. Assessment of offers received.\r
5. Commission, integration and launch.\r
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Please find attached RFQ document - we require bidders to submit a quote that meets all requirements, and provide information that evidences this.
(NU/1692) Supply of two Gas Chromatograph - Flame Ionisation Detectors (GC-FID)
The University has recently been awarded funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the purchase of two units of gas chromatograph-flame ionisation detector (GC-FID) system, principally for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a) lipids (and molecules of geochemical, biological and environmental importance that have been extracted from waters, soils, sediments, crude oils and biological materials) and b) hydrocarbon gases including but not limited to methane, etc. The system forms part of the One Planet Analytical Suite and will be housed in the GC Laboratory, (room 4.16) Drummond Building.\r
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The requirements of the equipment can be found in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the ITT document.\r
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The scope of this contract is for the supply, delivery and installation of the equipment detailed in the ITT to the University, with after-sales support and 36 months warranty and maintenance, all training necessary for safe and reliable operation of the system and a complete set of operating and maintenance documents.\r
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Please note this tender is only being advertised to those Sellers appointed to Lot 2: Gas Chromatographs of the Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment Framework (LAB1016AP).
(NU/1618) Supply and installation of a Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) System
The University has recently been awarded funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the purchase of a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) system, principally for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of Gases including but not limited to carbon-dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, etc and other molecules of geochemical, biological and environmental importance that have been extracted from waters, soils, sediments, crude oils and biological materials. The system forms part of the One Planet Analytical Suite and will be housed in the GC Laboratory, (room 4.16) Drummond Building.
The requirements of the equipment can be found in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the ITT document:
The scope of this contract is for the supply, delivery and installation of the equipment detailed in the ITT document to the University, with after-sales support and 36 months warranty and maintenance
Please note this tender is only being advertised to those Sellers appointed to Lot 3: Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry of the Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment Framework (LAB1016AP).
(NU/1714) Development of a digital app for citizen engagement in China as part of the UK-China Fund for International Collaboration Healthy Ageing Project, Innovation Stream
The purpose of this tender is to commission the development and ongoing management of a solution to support citizen engagement activities within China as part of the UK-China Healthy Ageing Innovation Stream project. We expect this will be best facilitated through WeChat and an integrated Mini Program and we are looking for a provider that can develop, deploy and handle the ongoing administration and management of this solution on our behalf in China.
This contract will be wholly delivered in the Peoples Republic of China.
(NU/1719) Accelerator Programme as part the UK-China Fund for International Collaboration Healthy Ageing Project
The purpose of this tender is to commission the design and delivery of an accelerator
programme which will support businesses interested in accessing China's markets for new
products in support of healthy longevity. We are looking for a third party, with a
demonstrable capability to provide accelerator support and a knowledge of international
innovation and commercialisation issues to deliver this work package.
NU/1707 - The Provision of International Market Research and Business Development - USA
The USA is a top priority region for engagement for Newcastle University. International student recruitment is a high priority and we wish to enhance our capacity to engage with students interested in studying in the UK and to build the profile and the brand of the University across the US. In addition, the University wishes to broaden the range of its activities in the USA, including the development of academic partnerships with high quality HEIs, development of relations with government, NGO and corporate organisations, exchange and placement of students and staff for studies, work, and other forms of experiential learning.
Based in the USA the Firm will be able to employ staff who can provide a range of services that will enable us to offer an in-country liaison, advice and marketing activity to support the University's strategies.
(NU/1718) Consultancy Services for the Implementation of SAP SuccessFactors Modules
Newcastle University requires consultancy services for the implementation of a suite of SAP SuccessFactors modules. The consultancy services will be purchased using the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) G-Cloud 12 Agreement. Partners capable of providing the required services were identified from the CCS Digital Marketplace.
(NU/1722) Supply of a comprehensive Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy and Microscopy Facility
The North East ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy and microscopy facility (based at
Newcastle University) will be a unique national facility to fulfil a strategically and critically
important research infrastructure gap in the region. The facility aligns with the institutional
strategy that includes the establishment of Centres for Research Excellence in Energy, Data
and Cancer and the establishment of NU Academic Track Fellowships, several of whom will
benefit from this facility. Transient absorption spectroscopy is a key tool that enables
scientists to probe the identity, formation and fate of short-lived, energetic species formed
on excitation with light (e.g. from a laser). It permits ultrafast optical and near infrared
spectroscopy on a range of molecular, biological and functional material systems to provide
critical mechanistic information on light-induced reaction pathways. This includes tracking
the dynamics of key excited state and charge-transfer intermediates that lie at the heart of a
vast amount of chemistry, from solar energy conversion to enzyme reactions. This national
facility will support several multidisciplinary fields with substantial potential for societal and
economic impact, including
(1) Energy (e.g. emerging photovoltaic technology, solar-driven H2 evolution and CO2
conversion to fuels and feedstocks) research which is supported by joint, collaborative
centres, the EPSRC/ISCF North East Centre for Energy Materials (NECEM) and the EPSRC
Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy at North east Universities (ReNU).
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(2) Photonic materials and metamaterials (e.g. Organic LEDs, energy transfer in solid state
materials, 2D and 3D materials in LEDs and waveguides).
(3) Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry (bio-imaging, radiochemistry, photodynamic
therapy-related cancer research and drug discovery) including the Cancer Research centre
and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral training MosMed.
This facility is being funded though an EPSRC Strategic Equipment grant EP/W006340/1
The scope of this contract is for the supply, delivery and installation of the equipment as
detailed in the ITT to the University, with after-sales support and 24 months warranty and
maintenance.
The contract reference was NU/1722.