# \(NU/1433-19\) MicroBritt: Commercialisation of university research through provision of management skills to assist in successful spin-out company creation

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## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Newcastle University](/buyers/newcastle-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Alderslade Ltd
- Award value: £30,000
- Tender value: £30,000
- Award date: 10 June 2021
- Published: 21 June 2021
- Contract start: 14 June 2021
- Contract end: 31 October 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 46a81573-07f3-460f-8997-ccc848df3c10-445030
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c1c2f487-8437-4159-a71a-04fbbac153bc

## Description

A new manufacturing paradigm is emerging whereby there is an increasing need for rapid production of bespoke high value products\. This is already prevalent with the rise in the use of 3D printing and machining technologies\. Such approaches, if applied to the microsystems space will allow for rapid biosensor development, bespoke micro-component fabrication, and novel systems for the Internet of things\. Newcastle University has developed a novel method, called Hy-MEMBS, for machining a variety of brittle materials while minimising edge chipping which usually occurs when milling microscale grooves in brittle planar or 3D materials\. This work was led by Dr Dehong Huo, Prof\. Patrick Degenaar and Dr Carl Dale from the School of Engineering at Newcastle University\. The aim is to create a service-based spin out company, called Microbritt, which will address the rapidly increasing need for high-speed, high-value bespoke manufacturing with microscale precision\. The initial brief of the executive will be to: Phase 1: Seed Funding; To help obtain seed funding alongside Carl \(Interim CEO / Sales Director\) and the Microbritt team\. The seed funding will aid cashflow around the Innovate UK grant income\. Phase 2: Development of internal documentation and procedures including a standard customer contract template, a standard employee contract, terms and conditions and HR processes, financial controls and reporting including practicalities like bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, NI, PAYE and pensions\. Phase 3: Create a specification and contract for Microbritt's manufacturing web portal\. Phase 4: Develop commercial documentation for business processes for lead generation, sales, production, and customer service\. Phase 5: Development of a comprehensive and ambitious Business Plan, backed up by a full financial model for Series A fundraising\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/46a81573-07f3-460f-8997-ccc848df3c10-445030)