UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT: 19-080
Humanoid Robotic Platform Prototype
The University of Waterloo (UW) intends to award a single source contract to Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (iCub facility) of Genoa, Italy, for the purchase of a fully customized humanoid robot platform. The budget for this entire package is less than $500,000.00 CAD, not including tax/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 twenty five day 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, are encouraged to 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 –
The robot has been specifically designed for research on human-robot interaction and developmental robotics. The humanoid robot has a large range of expressive movements and interactive features (facial expressions, gestures, body movements, touch, speech etc.) suitable for experiments with human participants. A large amount of software for this robot is available via the YARP open-source software package. The iCub full robotic platform prototype version 2.5 consists of the robot, desktop controller with software and configuration files, and training, installation, and a service package as follows (‘DoF’ = degrees of freedom):
Humanoid robot iCub ver. 2.5 with:
- 53 DOF
- complete body cover
- facial expressions
- cameras
- microphones
- inertial sensor
- encoders on all joints
- force/torque sensors
- new head ver. 2.0, with
- 6 DOF and new electronics Ethernet-based, capacitive skin system for fingertips and palms (108 taxels)
- full body skin
- high resolution encoder on all brushless motors
- SEAs legs
- Foot design for bipedal potential locomotion
- Power supplies (one backpack; two rack mount)
SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
The University is unaware of any other supplier/manufacturer that can provide this robotic equipment with the same functionality, or within budget.
Date of issue: July 18, 2019
Closing Date: August 12, 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
