Autoclave Moulding Facility

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The University of Bristol BCI has secured £250,000 of funding to procure a High Temperature (upto 450 °C) Autoclave Moulding Facility for Thermoset and Thermoplastic polymer matrix Composites within the BCI Lot 1: Bristol Composites Institute (BCI), established in March 2017, is building on the expertise and 10-year track record of the Advanced Composites Collaboration for Innovation and Science (ACCIS). We bring together composite’s activities across the University of Bristol (UOB); based in the Faculty of Engineering and linking to the Faculties of Science and Health Sciences. The BCI are seeking to inform the market and enter into early market engagement for the procurement of a High Temperature Autoclave Moulding Facility, with ports and suitable for a variety of instrumentation as well as the addition of resin lines. The facility will be used for thermosetting materials that will have a maximum temperature of 250°C and thermoplastic research, with a maximum temperature of 450°C. The facility must have an advanced control and data logging system which can integrate with any instrumentation and the computing/network facilities available at UoB. The BCI plan to run a competition in the new year, with the intention to award a contract by July 2023 which must be delivered, installed, commissioned and ready for use in the BCI laboratory, Queen’s Building within 12 months of the contract start date. The University would like to invite interested providers to a site-visit and market engagement session to give you a greater understating of our needs, potential challenges in delivery and to help us to better understand the current market . Sessions will involve a site-visit and will be held on Weds 11th Jan and Weds 18th Jan, strictly by invitation only. Sessions will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. For further information and to book your place on one of the sessions, please contact Procurement (email: purchasing-office@bristol.ac.uk). Additional information: Bristol Composites Institute (BCI), established in March 2017, is building on the expertise and 10-year track record of the Advanced Composites Collaboration for Innovation and Science (ACCIS). We bring together composite’s activities across the University of Bristol (UOB); based in the Faculty of Engineering and linking to the Faculties of Science and Health Sciences. The BCI are seeking to inf