Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Strathclyde
Learning & Teaching Building, 49 Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XU
UK
Contact person: Anna Sanina
Telephone: +44 7811592949
E-mail: anna.sanina@strath.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.strath.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00113
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Sinter Bonding Capability
Reference number: UOS-39043-2025
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) is in the process of expanding its manufacturing capability into the semiconductor advanced packaging area with specific focus on power electronic semiconductors. To support this expansion, NMIS intends to procure equipment that is flexible to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements. A solution is required to form sintered bonds between: dies on substrates in multi-die packages with different component heights; substrates on heat sinks; clips, spacers and interconnection parts; double-sided cooling packages.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
819 990.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM82
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NMIS is in the process of expanding its manufacturing capability into the semiconductor advanced packaging area with specific focus on power electronic semiconductors. To support this expansion, NMIS intends to procure equipment that is able to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements.
The concept design for the facility includes provision of equipment that is sufficiently flexible to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements. The items procured will enable NMIS to set up a research facility for developing and scaling-up advanced packaging capabilities for power electronic semiconductors. The overall facility will have capability to prepare, dice/cut, bond, interconnect, package and test semiconductor products that are part of the power electronics sector. These stages will be carried out across dedicated research and development cells.
The focus of this procurement activity is to acquire a sinter bonding press that is versatile to support both R&D activities and medium volume production.
In the R&D context we require a capability that allows flexible exploration of tooling to achieve different package arrangements, while keeping tool costs at a minimum.
In the medium scale production context we require a capability that includes automated handling solutions such that it can be fed by a magazine unstacker, and can feed a magazine stacker.
In either context we require the ability to form bonds under inert atmosphere or forming gas, control the pre-heating and post-cooling ramp profile of sinter bonded assemblies and collect detailed sensor-driven time-histories of temperature and pressure for each bonding operation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-083991
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: UOS-39043-2025
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/03/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Inseto UK Limited
Unit 25 Focus Way
Andover
SP10 5NY
UK
Telephone: +44 7795558416
NUTS: UKJ3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 819 990.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30834. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
Please see Procurement documents for full details
(SC Ref:818603)
(SC Ref:831865)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Glasgow Sheriff Court
1 Carlton Place
Glasgow
G5 9TW
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/05/2026