Design and Manufacture of a Tape Winding Capability

The National Composites Centre (NCC) intends to procure automated tape winding capability for fully bonded pipes manufacturing. Such equipment must be able to process unidirectional thermoplastic tapes via in-situ consolidation process to manufacture pipe prototypes with inner diameters in the order of 5cm to 20cm and lengths up to 2 meters.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) serves to alert the marketplace to this opportunity and the NCC invites interested suppliers to lodge an initial expression of interest as detailed herein. The NCC also encourages suppliers to provide any other information which they feel may support the NCC with scoping and planning for this exercise. Participating in this market sounding exercise will not guarantee short-listing at a later stage in the procurement, nor will non-participation in this market sounding exercise restrict access to the tender opportunity. As a result of feedback or for any other reason, the NCC may make the decision not to go ahead with any proposed procurement exercise. The NCC will not meet any costs incurred by any party in responding to this notice. The NCC reserves the right to award all, none, or part of the business.

To register an initial expression of interest, and submit any supporting information, please email leigh.jones@nccuk.com

We also encourage you to register on the University of Bristol's Tender Opportunity Portal (https://tenders.bris.ac.uk/) for future tender updates regarding this requirement.