Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Rowley Road, Baginton
Coventry
CV8 3AL
Contact
Procurement
ProcurementTenders@ukbic.co.uk
Telephone
+44 2475267743
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG - West Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Research & Development
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Cell Cycling Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)
Reference number
DN631822
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 42000000 - Industrial machinery
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
UKBIC has a requirement to purchase a range of equipment for manufacturing conformance testing of battery cells to establish a Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre.
The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is part of the UK Government’s Faraday Battery Challenge. UKBIC is a national battery manufacturing development facility helping to scale-up battery manufacturing and facilitate upskilling in the battery sector. We are a publicly funded, open access facility, funded by the Faraday Battery Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
This PIN lists the general requirements for cell cycling equipment to be housed in a new self-contained (external) test facility as part of a Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL) at UKBIC. This requirement will be split into three lots:
Lot 1 – Cell cycling equipment
Lot 2 – Temperature chambers
Lot 3 – Modular building
Suppliers will be able to bid for individual lots, however bids that offer combined solutions incorporating more than one aspect of this equipment are encouraged.
The ability to fabricate offsite and provide a turnkey solution for a complete self-contained test facility incorporating all aspects would be advantageous.
Bidders will also encouraged to put forward energy efficient solutions.
All equipment to provide UKCA conformity.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Cell Cycling Equipment
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 38970000 - Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG3 - West Midlands
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 – Cell cycling equipment
Cell cycling equipment with an operating voltage range of -5V to +5V (or similar) is required. It is envisaged that a quantity of 96 to 192 test channels of 15A per channel capability will be required, along with 16 to 96 channels of 100A per channel capability.
The provision of cabling and test fixtures for connecting the cycling equipment to the 21700 cells (for the 15A channels) and 300mm x 100mm x 5-10mm pouch cells (for the 100A channels) would be an advantage. Test fixtures should enable the user to easily and safely connect and disconnect individual cells.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Temperature Chambers
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 38900000 - Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
- 42000000 - Industrial machinery
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG3 - West Midlands
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 – Temperature chambers
Temperature chambers are required to house all of the cells and test fixtures (see Lot 1) for long term cycle life testing. The temperature range of the chambers should be -20ºC to +80ºC and the chambers should be rated to EUCAR 5 or 6 (to be confirmed).
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Modular Building
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 44211100 - Modular and portable buildings
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG3 - West Midlands
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3 – Modular building
A containerised solution or modular building to house the equipment in Lots 1 and 2 and providing controlled environments for an operator control room, an equipment room and the main testing area is required. This building will be located outside and appropriate fire, safety and security management systems should be incorporated.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
16 January 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
We welcome the following information from any interested suppliers:
• Timings
• Layout / footprint (operational and equipment)
• Brochures
• Specification sheets
• Unique selling points compared to competition
• Technical and service support in the UK
• Typical Services required for: Power (Load - XX kw)/ Chilled water (Load - XX kW) / Compressed air (Min/Max Pressure - XX bar)/ Special Gas requirements/ Compressed air (Min/Max Pressure - XX bar)/ Equipment heat load (Thermal power released - XX W)/ Waste-water and -air