CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

BOM & Production Planning Software

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Terry's Patisserie are a food manufacturing business based in South Wales. The project concerns improvement of production planning & bill of material (BOMs) processes. Currently, NOUVEM & SAGE software are used on site, NOUVEM for sales, stock and production information, SAGE for account information.

The software required would take current data, e.g sales volumes, anticipated sales, current raw material stock finished goods stock, production products, available equipment & personnel to determine the optimum production plan. Based from this production plan it will need to calculate a Bill of Materials list for either our team to purchase or for the system to suggest the optimum suppliers to place purchase orders too.

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=156934.

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

1 x Software package to manage production planning & Bill of Material generation.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

- Registered Limited business.

- VAT registered Company.

- Experience in production planning & bill of material software.

- Training / Demonstration of system possible.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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

All applications are to give full scope of software possibilities with all costs visible. E.g training costs to be factored in. Successful applications will be tested internally by Terry's Patisserie directors and externally by an advisor on behalf of Welsh Government due to the project being part-funded by Welsh Government grant aid. There must be clear demonstration of improved efficiencies and reduction in time wasted on planning processes.

(WA Ref:156934)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice