The University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group has a requirement for the supply, installation and commissioning of a remote laser welding assembly cell for aluminium panels used in automotive body-in-white assembly systems.

Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information and to express interest. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of the In-tend system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure.

In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick). All queries must be sent via In-tend Correspondence and not directly to University staff.

The University expressly reserves the rights:

i) Not to award any contract as a result of this procurement process commenced by publication of this notice.

ii) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.

iii) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the (services) covered by this notice; and

iv) To award contract(s) in stages.

Under no circumstances will the University be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

All bids must be received by midday 2.2.2016.