UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT: 19-068
Coil Drivers for magnetic levitating floor
The University of Waterloo (UW) intends to award a single source contract to Technosoft S.A. of Neuchatel, Switzerland, for the purchase of 400 custom-built coil drivers for use in a magnetic levitation floor in our RoboHub. The budget for this entire package is less than $200,000.00 CAD, not including HST.
This is an Advanced Notice indicating to the supplier community that UW intends to award a contract for this equipment to a pre-identified supplier. If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date of this notice, a statement of specifications that satisfies the stated requirements set out in this Notice, the competitive requirements of the University are considered to have been met. Following notification to any suppliers not successful in demonstrating that their statement of specifications meets the requirements set out in this Notice, the contract may then be awarded to the pre-identified supplier.
If other potential suppliers submit statements of specifications during the fifteen calendar day posting period, and meet the requirements set out in this Notice, UW will proceed to a Request for Proposal process, in order to award the contract.
Process - Suppliers who can provide equivalent equipment with proven functionality required for the research, within budget, may submit a statement of specifications, in writing, to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of specifications must unequivocally demonstrate how the supplier meets these advertised requirements within budget.
SPECIFICATIONS –
A. System Description:
Load type: Multi-layer air-core coil
Coil resistance: 2.5 Ohms
Coil Inductance: 27 mH
Power supply: 80VDC maximum
Motion controller loop time: 1ms
Quantity of coils: 800
B. To satisfy the performance requirement of the maglev floor, the drivers should satisfy the following requirement:
1. Supply voltage: 50-80 VDC
2. Maximum continuous current: 10A
3. Driving signal: Digital (EtherCAT)/Analogue. EtherCAT type is preferred.
4. Output current resolution: ±30mA
5. Minimum resolution for Analogue input signal: 12bits
6. For servo driver, the driver will be working in torque(current) mode
7. Bandwidth: >1kHz
8. Current monitoring
9. Easy installation
SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
The University is not aware of any other supplier/manufacturer that can provide this custom-built equipment required for the magnetic levitation floor project within the stated budget.
Date of issue: May 30, 2019 Closing Date: June 14, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. EST
Contact: Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP – Research Coordinator and Senior Buyer Procurement and Contract Services
University of Waterloo
Ph: 519-888-4567 ext. 32074
Email – cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca, or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
