Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Research
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
255,000
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Roundness instrument capable of preforming multi-step error separation for the measurement of high accuracy spheres and hemispheres along with routine measurement of cylindrical components.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £255,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Supply of an instrument to replace the existing Talyrond 73UHPR (developed in a collaboration between NPL and Taylor Hobson) and Talyrond 295. The replacement instrument will be part of a national infrastructure to provide state of the art roundness measurements to industry via NPL’s measurement services.
• Must be able to automatically measure spheres and hemispheres using multi-step error separation reporting both the component and spindle error
• It must be possible to turn off any stored error map for the spindle.
• Must have a reproducible spindle error at the order of nm level
• Must have nm level resolution
• Must enable export of raw data in ASCII format
• Must run existing Ultra programs
• The work will involve decommissioning the existing Talyrond 295 and replacing with a Talyrond 595
• Physical size of instrument is required to be similar to the existing Talyrond 295
• Support should be provided in the UK for regular service and for repairs.
All of above must meet all NPL, UK and EU regulatory and health & safety requirements at all times.
Taylor Hobson can provide a solution that meets all these requirements.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
NPL is unaware of any other supplier worldwide that can provide the automatic error separation that this instrument is able to perform and is necessary to replace the capability of the Talyrond 73 UHPR. The instrument is only available direct from the manufacturer so there are no other UK distributors. The instrument is state of the art and will provide a seamless replacement of existing earlier models of the same equipment.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10 August 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Taylor Hobson Limited
PO Box 36, 2 New Star Road
Leicester
LE4 9JQ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £255,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NPL Management Ltd
Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
Country
United Kingdom