What the buyer wrote
The National Physical Laboratory's [NPL] engineering department requires a new CNC Turning Centre to replace an existing machine and to complement the existing range of machine tools. The turning centre must interface with and be fully compatible with existing CAM application software tools, FeatureCAM and Autodesk Fusion. The control must also provide effective state of the art interactive conversational on machine programming. The nature of manufacturing at NPL requires that machine tools are effective for production of one-off and low number batches of components with a wide variety of size, geometry and materials, often with demanding tolerance specifications. Parts are made i…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- RFQ Award - CNC Turning Centre
- How they are buying
- Quotes from a few suppliersThe buyer approached a small number directly rather than advertising it.
- Type
- goods
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 1 Oct 2020
- Work ends
- 1 Oct 2021
- Kind of work
- Environmental consultancy
Who the buyer named
James Webb was the named contact on this notice.