CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Building Alterations for Coating Plant Facility including moving of coating plant equipment

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Centre of Photonics expertise has a requirement for modification and adaptation of the existing laboratory area as shown in Appendix A of Annex 1 to to receive and accommodate the procured high vacuum thin film coating plant and its ancillary equipment. The works also include installation of new or repositioning of existing partition walls to create new lab spaces for the supporting activities.

The building work will include the temporary removal of partition walls, suspended ceiling and doors to allow the transport and positioning of the plant, followed by re-installation of walls, suspended ceiling and doors and new partitions once the plant has been installed.

The contractor is also required to

Deliver relevant modifications to and/or installation of mains power points, water pipes, ventilation systems and other utilities needed to service the machine and surrounding laboratory area,

take responsibility for the receiving and unloading of the coating plant weighing circa 7 tonnes (when fully assembled) from the designated shippers and to transport to the designated area and final position.

As part of the technical proposal, the bidder is required to develop a full design and build solution against Statement of Work to include all the installation, standards, material specifications and their compatibility with existing installations and the requirements specified by the coating plant.

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The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The facility development work for installation of the high vacuum coating is required to be broken down into multiple phases.

The first phase will be preparation of the laboratory area for the delivery and installation of the coating plant. Note building security will require removal and reinstallation of the exterior access door on same day.

The second phase will be the requirement to take responsibility for the offloading and transportation of the Coating Plant equipment to the final location within the building. The Coating Plant is estimated to be circa 7 tonnes in weight when fully assembled.

The Post Installation Tasks phase will commence after installation of the plant by Buhler Gmbh. This consists of erecting and modelling the final laboratory floor plan and laboratory layout in line with agreed plans (Appendix A, B, C and D) including ancillary laboratory spaces, electrical and plumbing items as specified by appointed contract engineers and the plant provider Buhler.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

The successful contractor needs to demonstrate a track record of having undertaken similar building facility / laboratory alterations within the last 3 years.

The appointed contractor will need to appoint a specialist plant equipment logistics sub-contractor to undertake the movement of the coating plant equipment (circa 7 tonnes in weight) from the unloading bay through the building into the final room location.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

AS/SH/03/02/2020

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

As per details within Invitation to Tender Pack.

All interested Economic Operators are required to undertake a site visit during the clarification period with prior appointment.

The appointments should be arranged by emailing Mr Ken Edwards kenneth.edwards@glyndwr.ac.uk.

(WA Ref:99570)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: ERDF Ref 81400 - For details please see Invitation to Tender and its annnexes

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice