Contract

Supply, Delivery and Installation of Laser Depanelling & Singulation

  • University of Strathclyde

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-001354

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0496b8

Published 15 January 2025, 12:53pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

University of Strathclyde

McCance Building, 16 Richmond Street

Glasgow

G1 1XQ

Email

procurementenquiries@strath.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 7811592949

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM82 - Glasgow City

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.strath.ac.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00113

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Supply, Delivery and Installation of Laser Depanelling & Singulation

Reference number

UOS-30412-2024

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 31712330 - Semiconductors

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for laser equipment that can depanel printed circuit boards, singulate over moulded lead frames, laser mark components and weld metal lids to metal packages.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £587,000 / Highest offer: £740,333 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 31712330 - Semiconductors

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM82 - Glasgow City
Main site or place of performance

NMIS

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland is in the process of expanding its manufacturing capability into the semiconductor advanced packaging area with specific focus on power electronic semiconductors. To support this expansion, NMIS intends to procure equipment that can support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements.

This is in support of a publicly funded project that will see the creation of an advanced, scaled up packaging facility for power electronics within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland. The overall scale up manufacturing facility is to be housed at an NMIS site; this semiconductor advanced packaging area will be housed in an ISO-7 (previously class 10,000) clean room environment. The equipment will comprise the latest technology in their respective fields. It will be utilized in a range of projects within the Power Electronics industry and will be made available to both academic and industrial partners across the whole of the United Kingdom, including other catapult centres.

The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for laser equipment that can depanel printed circuit boards, singulate over moulded lead frames, laser mark components and weld metal lids to metal packages

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: quality / Weighting: 50

Price - Weighting: 50

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial

replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations.

The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-027733


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

UOS-30412-2024

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 December 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

M-Solv Ltd

Oasis Park,, Eynsham

Witney

OX29 4TP

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £740,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27378

For more information see:

http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see:

https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Please see Procurement documents for full details

(SC Ref:753744)

(SC Ref:787900)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Glasgow Sheriff Court

Glasgow

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland)

Regulations

2015(SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.