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# Contract for the Supply of a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Unit to the University of Birmingham

[The University of Birmingham](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham)

Estimated value

£200,000

Published

30 Jun 2020

Deadline

Closed

11 Jun 2020

## Who can bid

- Buyer says suitable for SMEs

    The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid.
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

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## About this tender

Silixa Ltd have already successfully collaborated with University of Birmingham on the use and development

of an earlier generation of acoustic sensing equipment (Bense et al., 2016), so we know that they are prepared

to act in this way and we can build on the existing relationship. Silixa have agreed to include free training for

university staff on using the iDAS unit. While this might not appear exceptional, Silixa staff have co-authored

three of above references and thus their knowledge and research experience will be uniquely valuable for

the success of our project - we have one year remaining on the capital grant that is funding the equipment

and in which to obtain robust datasets; we simply do not have time to make 'learning to use the equipment in

previously untried applications' on the way. We also have a limited research budget and Silixa Ltd have included

a generous discount on the normal cost of this equipment on the condition that we use it collaboratively and only

for academic research. The research funding awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research

Council for purchasing this equipment is a maximum of £200,000 plus VAT.

## CPV classification

Acoustic devices

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/51d1a3fb-459f-4ea4-bc31-b06dafd20905)

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