University of Leicester · Awarded contract

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Supply of Automatic Pick and Place Machine for PCB Assembly to University of Leicester

Awarded 31 May 2020

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Awarded31 May 2020

Value£96,000.00

SupplierBlundell Production Equipment Limited

AgencyUniversity of Leicester

RegionEast Midlands

CategoryManufacturing & Industrial

Ended 5y 10mo ago7mo term

Awarded 31 May 2020Expired 31 Dec 2020

About

University of Leicester awarded a contract to Blundell Production Equipment Limited for the procurement of one small footprint automatic pick and place machine for the assembly of electronic components to bare printed circuit boards.

The equipment is intended for small-volume, high component type mix for prototype and small volume production of in-house assembled printed circuit boards at the Space Research Centre.

The contract, valued at £96,000, was procured through an openly advertised procedure on the University's electronic tendering portal (Delta E-Sourcing) and Contracts Finder, as required within the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The contract is partly funded by a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grant award / ESIF (European Structural Investment Funds) and ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), with project code 21R16P0676 allocated by MHCLG.

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