Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-28
Buyer: The University of Warwick
Country: UK
Region: Coventry
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30211300
Estimated value: 130000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group, has a requirement for 2 real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulators:
— HIL unit (A) — General purpose HIL simulator to underpin electronic control unit (ECU) verification.
— HIL unit (B) — This unit will share the same functionality as HIL (A), but will also have the added capability to simulate very high performance physical models of electrical systems using an FPGA based approach to real-time simulation.
Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of our e-tendering system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure.
In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick). All queries must be sent via In-tend Correspondence and not directly to University staff.
Note: The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Should the University advertise contracts in the Official Journal of the European Union, this is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.
The University's particular requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender documentation and may include, inter alia, performance bond(s) and/or parent company guarantee(s) and/or other forms of security.
The University's particular requirements are to be determined but where a consortium or other grouping of suppliers submits a bid, such consortia or grouping must nominate a lead organisation to deal with the Contracting Authority on all matters relating to the Contract. All consortium members or grouping will be required to be jointly and severally liable in respect of the obligations and liabilities relating to the Contract.
Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of our e-tendering system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure.
i) Not to award any contract as a result of this procurement process commenced by publication of this notice.
ii) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.
iii) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the (services) covered by this notice; and
The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Should the University advertise contracts in the Official Journal of the European Union, this is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.
The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 30 days).

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