Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Swansea University
  Procurement - VC's Office, Swansea University, Singleton Park
  Swansea
  SA2 8PP
  UK
  
            Contact person: James Thomas
  
            Telephone: +44 1792602779
  
            E-mail: procurement@swansea.ac.uk
  
            NUTS: UKL18
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: www.swansea.ac.uk
  
              Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0345
 
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 of Semiconductor Dicing and Grinding Systems
            Reference number: SU154(21)
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  38000000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Supplies
  II.1.4) Short description
  This Tender Specification is for the supply and installation of a Wafer Dicing System and a Wafer Grinding System.  These systems will be of strategic importance in expanding the capabilities that the CISM will be able to provide, and reliability of the equipment is paramount to maintaining and supporting the wide array of experimental work that will be conducted within the facility.
  This requirement is split into two separate lots
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        Yes
      
  II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
  Value excluding VAT: 
				385 000.00 
				  GBP
 
II.2) Description
  
          Lot No: 1
  
    II.2.1) Title
    Wafer Dicing System
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    38000000
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKL18
    UKL17
    UKL21
Main site or place of performance:
    to be delivered to Swansea University Bay Campus or Newport Wafer Fab (to be determined prior to delivery)
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    This Tender Specification is for the supply and installation of a Wafer Dicing System and a Wafer Grinding System.  These systems will be of strategic importance in expanding the capabilities that the CISM will be able to provide, and reliability of the equipment is paramount to maintaining and supporting the wide array of experimental work that will be conducted within the facility.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Quality criterion: Technical
                    / Weighting: 70
    
                    Price
                    
                      / Weighting: 
                      30
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              No
            
    II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
    
            The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
            
              No
            
    II.2.14) Additional information
    Funding for this procurement has been secured from the Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) Industrialisation Centres Programme via Innovate UK.
   
  
          Lot No: 2
  
    II.2.1) Title
    Wafer Grinding System
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    38000000
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKL21
Main site or place of performance:
    Newport Wafer Fab
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    This procurement is for the supply and installation of a Wafer Grinding System.  This will be of strategic importance in expanding the capabilities that the CISM will be able to provide, and reliability of the equipment is paramount to maintaining and supporting the wide array of experimental work that will be conducted within the facility.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Quality criterion: Technical
                    / Weighting: 70
    
                    Price
                    
                      / Weighting: 
                      30
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              No
            
    II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
    
            The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
            
              No
            
    II.2.14) Additional information
    Funding for this procurement has been secured from the Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) Industrialisation Centres Programme via Innovate UK.
   
 
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:
  2021/S 000-017441
 
Section V: Award of contract
          Lot No: 1
          Title: Wafer Dicing System
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/10/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
                Number of tenders received: 2
                Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
                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
  Disco HI-TEC UK LTD
  Unit 34, Basepoint Business & Innovation Centre, Metcalf Way
  Crawley
  RH117XX
  UK
  
            Telephone: +44 4989909030
  
            NUTS: UKJ2
  The contractor is an SME:
        No
      
 
                V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
              
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 
					
Total value of the contract/lot: 
					: 103 982.00 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
          Lot No: 2
          Title: Wafer Grinding System
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/10/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
                Number of tenders received: 1
                Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
                Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
              The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
              
        No
      
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
  Disco HI-TEC UK LTD
  Unit 34, Basepoint Business & Innovation Centre, Metcalf Way
  Crawley
  RH117XX
  UK
  
            Telephone: +44 4989909030
  
            NUTS: UKJ2
  The contractor is an SME:
        No
      
 
                V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
              
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 
					
Total value of the contract/lot: 
					: 278 592.00 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:115452)
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    High Court
    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
    London
    WC2A 2LL
    UK
    
            Telephone: +44 2079477501
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/11/2021