Supply, Delivery, and Installation of a Phased Array Ultrasonic Tester (PAUT)

Tender description

The University of Strathclyde (Contracting Authority) seeks notes of interest for a potential procurement exercise for the Supply, Delivery, and Installation of a Phased Array Ultrasonic Tester (PAUT). Potential Tenderers who believe they can fulfill the high level specification detailed in this PIN, will be sent a market research questionnaire to review in full, complete and submit to the contracting authority. Notes of Interest in this notice by 14:00pm on the 19th of January 2024. The PIN invitation relates to an open tender below the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) threshold for goods to appoint a single suitably qualified supplier to supply, deliver and commission a maximum of four (4) Low-Latency Real-Time 64:128 PAUT Controllers. The University of Strathclyde’s Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) Department secured grand funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The Contract duration is anticipated to be for a period of twenty-eight (28) months inclusive of a two (2) year warranty and anticipated 16 week lead time. The Contracting Authority requires a supplier that can fulfill the below non-exhaustive list of requirements: The offered equipment must feature 64:128 PAUT Channels The offered equipment must feature 1 PAUT Hypertronic Probe Connector The offered equipment must feature >4 Conventional Ultrasonic Channels The offered equipment must feature > 200 V Pulsers on all PAUT and Conventional Channels The offered equipment must feature > 30 kHz Phased Array Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) The offered equipment must feature > 12 bit Receiver Analogue Digital Convertor (ADC) Resolution The offered equipment must feature >110 dB Receiver True Analog Gain Including Time Corrected Gain (TCG) The offered equipment must feature ability to hardware synchronise further units to maximum of 8 Units (512: 1024) The awarded supplier must be able to commit to a maximum delivery lead time of 16 weeks from the point of contract award.