CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

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Title

Request for Quotations for the Determination of Programs for the Heat Treatment of Welsh Larch

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Description of the goods or services required

Coed Cymru has secured an extension to its project entitled ‘Improving the Supply Chain for Low Value Welsh Timber’ under the Rural Development Plan for Wales Supply Chain Efficiencies Scheme. Part of this project involves working with timber producers and processing businesses in Wales to add value to low grade Welsh timber using heat treatment processes. This improves the appearance and physical properties of timber and utilises kilning / oven technologies readily available.

An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified contractor to undertake a discrete piece of work to determine an optimal program for the heat treatment of Welsh larch timber at low temperatures (up to 150 deg C) to cure/harden resins. The programs will need to be used by existing project partners and be replicable across the timber sector.

We envisage that the work would need to encompass the following tasks:

- Literature review on Larch treatments

- Resin Analysis

- Laboratory trials and analysis to provide programs

- Support and monitor the upscale of proven trial in our 1m3 testing oven, analysis and provide adjustments if necessary.

- Monitor upscale of proven process in commercial scale ovens available to the project, analysis and provide adjustment if necessary.

Along with the programs we would require the following information:

- an explanation of why the improved properties in low temperature Heat Treatment occur

- at what point in the process of treatment the changes occur

- a straightforward method that can be used to determine whether the changes have occurred

We are seeking quotations for this work.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=5415.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

We anticipate the value of this work will be in the region of £12,500 plus VAT and are inviting quotations from suitably qualified organisations.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please read the attached information for interested parties. We are seeking quotations from suitably qualified organisations capable of delivering the tasks described.

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Please read the attached information for interested parties

(WA Ref:5415)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice