Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-04-10
Buyer: University of Birmingham
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35125100: Sensors | 38240000
Estimated value: 1166666.66 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tender for the Supply and Installation of a Gravity Gradiometer for Underground Surveying to the University of Birmingham
This project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the procurement is dependent on the final funding agreement.
The University of Birmingham invites tenders for supply and installation of a transportable gravity gradiometer for the detection of underground targets such as buried infrastructure (culverts, sewers, tunnels), mineshafts or voids. This will be used to act as a characterisation tool for the UKCRIC National Buried Infrastructure Facility, to characterise test sites in the field for the geophysics project within the quantum technology hub in Sensors and Timing, and to provide currently unavailable gravity gradiometry data to the geophysics community. Moreover, the gradiometer and survey data will be continuously used for demonstration to end-users throughout the research programme, creating early market pull for the sensors coming being developed in the Hub.
This project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the procurement is dependent on the final funding agreement.
Overall budget for this item is up to GBP 1 166 666.66 + VAT, delivery to the NBIF, training and manuals and warranties over the length of the hub grant.
The University of Birmingham invites tenders for supply of a transportable gravity gradiometer for the detection of underground targets such as buried infrastructure (culverts, sewers, tunnels), mineshafts or voids. This will be used to act as a characterisation tool for the UKCRIC National Buried Infrastructure Facility, to characterise test sites in the field for the Geophysics project within the quantum technology hub, and to provide currently unavailable gravity gradiometry data to the geophysics community. Moreover, the gradiometer and survey data will be continuously used for demonstration to end-users throughout the research programme, creating early market pull for the sensors being developed by the hub.
4) Stability of 100 E/day and <20 E during survey movements (i.e. excluding transport) including providing sufficient tilt alignment capability and protection against external noise sources to meet this requirement;
5) Provide subsidiary data outputs including GPS position, time, orientation including live vertical alignment data to the user, any internal diagnostics needed to interpret sensor data;
6) Operable, including moving from point to point and vertical alignment, by two operators who are trained in the use of geophysical survey equipment (but with no Physics background);
This project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the procurement is dependent on the final funding agreement.
Tender for the Supply and Installation of a Gravity Gradiometer for Underground Surveying to the University of Birmingham


Winner: Teledyne e2v (UK) Ltd
Award value: 1166666.66
Number of bids: 1