Cell Cycling Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)

  • UK Battery Industrialisation Centre

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-035383

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-038d46

Published 14 December 2022, 1:19pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

UK Battery Industrialisation Centre

Rowley Road, Baginton

Coventry

CV8 3AL

Contact

Miss Procurement Tenders

Email

ProcurementTenders@ukbic.co.uk

Telephone

+44 2475267743

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.ukbic.co.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.ukbic.co.uk/


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Cell Cycling Equipment for UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line (FIL)

Reference number

DN647637

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The UKBIC Flexible Industrialisation Line is designed to allow staged scale-up of electrode manufacture from laboratory scale through to GWh scale on UKBIC’s existing high-volume electrode lines. The project will be phased and in the first phase equipment will be purchased to allow scale-up of electrode processes from the Flexible Industrialisation Line to UKBIC’s high-volume electrode lines. This will incorporate mixing process compatible with UKBIC’s mainline process and coating and drying equipment which will take batches of slurry and convert them onto anode and cathode foils. Subsequent equipment will incorporate next generation electrode manufacturing processes, so solutions covering both scenarios are encouraged.

This new electrode capability will be supplemented by flexible equipment to Calender and slit the electrode reels allowing them to be converted into cells using the main UKBIC cylindrical and pouch cell assembly lines, or other flexible cell manufacturing equipment that may be installed during a later phase.

Phase one of the project also includes the installation of a Cell Cycling Facility for manufacturing conformance testing of cells manufactured at UKBIC.

Cell cycling equipment for manufacturing conformance testing of battery cells made at UKBIC.

This requirement is split into three lots:

Lot 1 – Cell Cyclers

Lot 2 – Temperature Test Chambers

Lot 3 – Cell Fixturing

Suppliers will be able to bid for individual lots, however bids that offer combined solutions incorporating more than one aspect (lot) of this equipment are encouraged.

Link to the tender documents below

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4a1cc240-987b-ed11-811c-005056b64545

Please see Appendix 1 -User requirements specification for the complete requirements.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2022/S 000-035323


Section seven. Changes

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

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