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

Automatically Fed Bio Reactor System

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The University of South Wales (USW) is undertaking a collaborative research and development project aimed at improving industrial resource efficiency. The project (SMART Circle, Project Ref 122016/COL/003) is funded by the Welsh Government SMART Expertise programme utilizing the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and is being completed in collaboration with a number of industrial partners.

The University wishes to procure a laboratory scale system(s) of automatically fed bio-reactors / anaerobic digesters to undertake anaerobic bioprocess research and development. The system(s) should comprise of all of the components required to operate the reactors for this intended purpose and is expected to include at least; feedstock storage with facility for manual replenishment of feedstock, automatic feeding of feedstock to the main reactor, main reactor / digester with mixing and temperature control, digestate storage, gas volume measurement, facility to automatically log system operational parameters. The integrated system(s) is expected to include 8 No. bioreactors.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=116218.

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 University wishes to procure a laboratory scale system(s) of automatically fed bio-reactors / anaerobic digesters to undertake anaerobic bioprocess research and development. The system(s) should comprise of all of the components required to operate the reactors for this intended purpose and is expected to include at least; feedstock storage with facility for manual replenishment of feedstock, automatic feeding of feedstock to the main reactor, main reactor / digester with mixing and temperature control, digestate storage, gas volume measurement, facility to automatically log system operational parameters. The integrated system(s) is expected to include 8 No. bioreactors.

The complete system will be deployed to University of South Wales laboratories in the South Wales (UK) area and should be capable of being moved without major disassembly / reassembly / recommissioning requirements. Some level of modularity is therefore expected.

Responses are required from companies with a demonstrable track record of designing and manufacturing bioreactors for research purposes.

Responses are expected to clearly indicate:

a) a detailed description of the proposed equipment and indication of how this equipment meets or exceeds the specification requirements,

b) previous track-record of the company delivering similar products;

c) expected delivery time;

d) a full breakdown of costs including any additional items that are required to meet the specification

Full Specification is contained in additional documents attached to this notice

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Responses are required from companies with a demonstrable track record of designing and manufacturing bioreactors for research purposes.

Interested parties must be able to meet all the technical requirements as stipulated in the equipment specification.

Be able to provide a detailed description of the proposed equipment and indication of how this equipment meets or exceeds the specification requirements.

Supply all evidence based information as requested.

Identify all costs and cost options available.

Include all warranty details and compliance information.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

1724

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

Your tender submission must be uploaded to the Sell2Wales portal Postbox.

Your submission must be received by the closing time and date of midday, Wednesday 14th December 2021.

You should allow adequate time for the loading of your documents so as to ensure receipt as the Postbox will electronically close at

the deadline time and no further submissions will be accepted.

All queries in relation to the tender should be conducted via the Q&A function attached to this notice.

Award Criteria

The Contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender applying the evaluation criteria

attached as an additional document to this notice.

(WA Ref:116218)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Smart Circle 122016/COL/003

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice