UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority), on behalf of the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland (NMIS) seeks to undertake a tender exercise to secure a supplier to undertake ongoing and scheduled hydraulic servicing and repairs to relevant equipment at NMIS' facilities. The Contracted supplier will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all relevant guidance and legislation as well as the University’s policy and procedures. The successful supplier will be responsible for all maintenance, labour, spare parts and replacements. In addition, the appointed supplier will be responsible for emergency call outs and out of hours work when required.

The University of Strathclyde is one of the most distinctive and dynamic higher education institutions in the UK. Building on our Enlightenment roots as a “place of useful learning”, the University is recognised for engagement with business and industry, world-class teaching, leading research and deep commitment to innovation and enterprise. The University of Strathclyde wishes to identify a suitable executive search & recruitment agency to support the recruitment of a number of future vacancies which may arise across its most senior academic leadership roles. The successful executive search company will have an in-depth understanding of the Higher Education sector, and the international recruitment market in which it operates, and will have a track record of successful international search and recruitment for academic colleagues at Senior Executive Academic levels in organisations of the size and scope of Strathclyde. The successful firm will also have a clear understanding of the University of Strathclyde’s distinctiveness as a leading international technological university which is socially progressive.

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland is in the process of expanding its manufacturing capability into the semiconductor advanced packaging area with specific focus on power electronic semiconductors. To support this expansion, NMIS intends to procure equipment that can support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements. The concept design for the facility will support a publicly funded project which will see the creation of an advanced facility for developing and scaling-up packaging capabilities and includes provision of equipment that is sufficiently flexible to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor design and packaging requirements.

This Contract Notice refers to the tender opportunity to appoint a sole supplier to provide one bench scale hot melt extruder system. The system should be a twin screw co-rotating style and include an integrated loss in weight feeder unit for delivery of powdered feedstocks. This is to replace existing capability within CMAC at University of Strathclyde. For guidance, the current capability is a 11mm diameter, 25:1 L/D barrel, 8 heat transfer zone extruder as built by ThermoFisher. The current unit utilises a Brabender mini-twin loss in weight feeder. This requirement includes supply, delivery, installation and training of the equipment.

The Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC) are developing state-of-the-art intergraded DataFactories in support of our Lab of the Future vision and new CMAC Data Lab initiative. Our goal is to establish multiple automated model driven instruments to establish a ML (Machine Leaning) ready database of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data. A range of different collaborative robots are required to be integrated with third party scheduling and workflow software to move, prepare and analyse samples. These collaborative robots must be able to handle a wide variety of different samples and perform a range of different activities in a working lab alongside human researchers. They need to be flexible for future research demands that are not yet determined. This requirement is funded by a UKRPIF grant, which is funding a list of equipment to be delivered as part of the CMAC Data Lab project. Budget and timescales are tight for the delivery of this project and CMAC are looking to maximise the funding where possible. This contract is a Lotted contract

This Contract Notice relates to a tender opportunity to provide the Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation centre (CMAC) with an Automated Dosing Platform to operate in their existing world class research facility in the Technology and Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde. This Lotted Contract will be awarded in whole, in part or not at all. A sole supplier will be appointed to the each of the awarded Lots. The platform will integrate with third party workflow software to dose specific amounts of solids and/or liquids to vials of a given size. CMAC are looking for solid and liquid dosing capability from the offered system(s). Tenderers will be able to submit a bid for either as a single combined solid & liquid dosing system or as a separate solid dosing platform and/or liquid dosing platform.

The University of Strathclyde (“the University”) is seeking to establish a Contract for a Project for Overcladding Works at the John Anderson Building (2024-25) (UOS-32499-2024).

The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for laser equipment that can depanel printed circuit boards, singulate over moulded lead frames, laser mark components and weld metal lids to metal packages.

Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation centre (CMAC) have a list of capital equipment that they are looking to purchase as part of the delivery of the CMAC Data Lab- Digital Medicine Manufacturing Research Accelerator project This equipment will be used primarily by and for CMAC, goods will be housed on site in CMAC. Specific areas of focus include peptide and oligonucleotide chemistry aimed at developing new treatment modalities for diseases of societal need. This proposal aims to acquire 2 multi-channel automated oligonucleotide synthesisers covering medium through put to high through put approaches. This system will enable the parallel production of DNA, LNA, RNA, 2' RNA modified oligonucleotides and conjugate derivatives using solid phase phosphonamidite chemistry. The systems will provide flexibility in terms of scale, low throughput, and high throughput parallel synthesis, allowing the synthesis of mixed backbones for methodology development purposes or quick access to multiple analogues in one run.

NMIS require C-SAM (scanning acoustic microscope) capability. C-SAM is required to non-destructively inspect work-pieces at various stages of our semiconductor packaging process. We require a machine that can accept samples approximately 500 x 500 mm and is suitable for use in a semiconductor manufacturing context to detect delamination and other structural discontinuities in semiconductor packages. Machine outputs should include high resolution C-Scan images, and possibly A- and B- scan images.

University of Strathclyde requires an automated payment mechanism capable of integrating with Unit4 Business World On to make global outbound payments to multiple countries in multiple currencies

This Notice relates to an open tender above the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) threshold for goods related to research and development equipment required by the Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) department at the University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority). The Contracting Authority envisions a single supplier shall undertake the contract for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of a Cryogenic Mechanical Tester. The Contracting Authority will require the equipment to be delivered, installed and commissioned on campus at the University of Strathclyde. The equipment is grant funded and aligned to Innovate UK’s (UKRI) ZEST1 Zero Emissions for Sustainable Transport Project. entails research into High Temperature Superconductors (HTS). The equipment will be used to mechanically characterize composite/metal/superconductor materials that will be used in cryogenic aviation propulsion systems.

This proposal aims to acquire 2 multi-channel automated oligonucleotide synthesers covering medium through put to high through put approaches. This system will enable the parallel production of DNA, LNA, RNA, 2' RNA modified oligonucleotides and conjugate derivatives using solid phase phosphoramidite chemistry. The systems will provide flexibility in terms of scale, low throughput and high throughput parallel synthesis, allowing the synthesis of mixed backbones for methodology development purposes or quick access to multiple analogues in one run . The proposed bid should include delivery, installation, and be accompanied by a minimum of 12 months warranty. Aditionally the proposed bid must include post synthetic processings accessories.

The University of Strathclyde (“the University”) is seeking to establish a Contract for the Purchase of UK Allowances (UKA) in Accordance with the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) (2025-29) (UOS-35556-2025).

The University of Strathclyde is seeking to procure a comprehensive, modern, cloud-based end-to-end Research Awards Management System and associated implementation services.

The University of Strathclyde (the “University”) is seeking to establish a framework agreement to support the delivery of planned & reactive works activities which fall under the lots outlined below: - Lot 1: Fire Protection Works - Lot 2: Joinery & Builderwork - Lot 3: Painting & Decorating - Lot 4: Roofing - Lot 5: Flooring - Lot 6: Steeplejacks (Projects) - Lot 7: Steeplejacks (PPM) - Lot 8: Pump Maintenance / Repairs / Installation The Tenderer may submit a bid for only one of the lots listed above as part of this Framework. Please note, the University of Glasgow (UoG) and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) are also participating in this Framework and may choose to use this agreement as per their requirements.

The University of Strathclyde is seeking to contract with a Unit 4 "Elite" or "Premier" Partner to provide a managed service to develop and support an SQL server interim platform (phase 1) for the University's Financial systems and then perform a key support role for Phase 2 to migrate to Unit4 Cloud. This will involve working with the University IT and Finance teams who currently support the on-premises solution.

The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for a semiconductor wafer thinning capability suitable to receive wafers of various sizes and materials and grind, stress relieve and clean them before onward processing in a power semiconductor packaging line. The line will allow research to be performed on a variety of materials and processes involved in the manufacture of semiconductor products. This is in support of a publicly funded project that will see the creation of an advanced, scaleup packaging facility for power electronics within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). The overall scale up manufacturing facility is to be housed at an NMIS site, this sub-section of the facility will be housed in an ISO-7 (class 10,000) clean room environment. The equipment within the facility will comprise the latest technology in their respective fields. It will be utilized in a range of projects within the Power Electronics industry and will be made available to both academic and industrial partners across the whole of the United Kingdom, including other catapult centres. As part of this project, NMIS has a requirement to procure a turnkey capability in wafer thinning, polishing, cleaning - which includes water management ancillary systems. High-efficiency grinder/polisher for wafers A Deionised Water Recycling Unit Automatic Cleaning System for wafers

The University is looking for a long term partner to provide real live investment banking training to our undergraduate and postgraduate students to compliment their academic course in finance and prepare them for future employment in the industry.