# SBRI Challenge - Fuels and Lubricants

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MINISTRY OF DEFENCE](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Highland Biosciences Ltd
- Award value: £61,238
- Tender value: £61,238
- Award date: 6 January 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 9 November 2015
- Contract end: 7 May 2016
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2c19dc03-b464-444f-9426-84c8e522be1e-88641
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5a5a0a41-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The work is to be undertaken in accordance with the SBRI application 60869-444211 part 8 submitted to and held by Innovate UK for the Fuels and Lubricants programme\. Demonstrate feasibility of a portable and efficient test system to support lubricant condition based maintenance\. The project shall demonstrate the potential for a novel rugged hand-held external lubricant condition monitor\. The key deliverables of the project are as follows: 1\. Experimental results demonstrating the degree of sensitivity to changes in lubricant viscosity analogous to initial degradation\. 2\. Experimental results demonstrating potential to operate sensor in wide environmental conditions without significant impact to performance\. 3\. Study to calculate operating performance of a hand-held field test unit\. Including: battery life, weight, robustness, price differential versus laboratory unit\. 4\. Report on findings of the above points

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2c19dc03-b464-444f-9426-84c8e522be1e-88641)