# North Carolina eVP #73-RFP-00778

Conveyor System

**Recipient:** Advizint Technologies

**Award Amount:** $157,361.00
**Ceiling:** $157,361.00

**Awarded:** October 08, 2026

**Identifier:** 73-RFP-00778

Western Carolina University (buyer) awarded Advizint Technologies (recipient) a contract for a conveyor system with a total obligated amount of $157,361.0. The project involves the design and construction of a baseline automated conveyor system to be used as a fixture for laboratory exercises in robotics and automation for students in the College of Engineering, specifically those in the Robotics and Automation concentration of the BS-Mechanical Engineering and other majors pursuing related certificates. The award does not specify a specific period of performance. The primary product awarded is an automated conveyor system, with detailed specifications including its role as a platform for industrial process control solutions development and testing. The contract does not mention specific NAICS codes, but it relates to education equipment and automated systems.

### Description

The College of Engineering (COE) at WCU seeks to engage with an automation system integrator for the design and construction of a baseline automated conveyor system. This system will serve as a fixture on which laboratory exercises in robotics and automation may be conducted.  It is envisioned that students in the Robotics and Automation concentration of the BS-Mechanical Engineering (BSME) and students pursuing the Robotics and Automation Certificate from other majors within COE will use this conveyor system as a platform to design, mount, and test their own implementations of industrial-level process control solutions.

Solicitation Type: RFP

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