Who Won It

Contract award · 10 Jan 2025

Supply of a machine head capable of carbon fibre material deposition using Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) technology in both 2D and 3D applications.

University of Bristol awarded “Supply of a machine head capable of carbon fibre…” to iCOMAT Ltd for £1.6m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionIndustrial machinerySouth West

BuyerUniversity of Bristol
Value £1.6m
WinneriCOMAT Ltd

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
University of Bristol · Body governed by public law
Supplier
iCOMAT Ltd
Value
£1,600,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Industrial machinery · Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery (CPV 42900000)
Region
South West
Official notice
002052-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date10 Jan 2025
  2. Published21 Jan 2025Published 11 days after the contract date

Description

1 New 3D Rapid Tow Shearing machine head and new software development

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