Purchase of Quadruped Robot with Robotic Arm

Tender description

Purchase of Quadruped Robot with integrated Robotic Arm Lot 1: Under Regulation Reg 6(1)(b)(ii) of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition based on the following justification: Competition is absent for technical reasons (only if it is not caused by artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists) Explanation: This is a specialist piece of robotic equipment and there are no other suppliers available in the market to supply this type of equipment in the form factor required. The Quadruped Robot with integrated Robotic Arm (supplied by Unitree) offers high torque, low level control access and high payload system (>30kg) The principal purpose of the contract is to acquire goods in connection with research undertaken by the University