Tender

Food & Drink Manufacturing – Digital Quality & Compliance Demonstrator Cell

  • University of Wales Trinity Saint David

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-007017

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-032203

Published 15 March 2022, 3:37pm



The closing date and time has been changed to:

29 March 2022, 10:00am

See the change notice.

Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Carmarthen Campus

Carmarthen

SA31 3EP

Email

heidi.davies@uwtsd.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1267676767

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKL18 - Swansea

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.tsd.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0343

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.sell2wales

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://www.sell2wales

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

Food & Drink Manufacturing – Digital Quality & Compliance Demonstrator Cell

Reference number

UWTSD2122/175

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 44316400 - Hardware

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The primary scope of this tender is to design, supply, install and commission hardware comprising a system which demonstrates how digital technologies can be deployed, in the food & drink manufacturing sector. It is intended that the system would allow companies to understand the incremental steps necessary to digitise product quality and compliance inspection processes, moving from manual inspection and sorting to automated monitoring sorting applications.

The system should be able to monitor operations and performance characteristics. These could include, but are not limited to, the following:

Product Colour

Product Dimensions

Product Moisture Content

General remote viewing of operations

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 38970000 - Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
  • 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL14 - South West Wales

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The primary scope of this tender is to design, supply, install and commission hardware comprising a system which demonstrates how digital technologies can be deployed, in the food & drink manufacturing sector. It is intended that the system would allow companies to understand the incremental steps necessary to digitise product quality and compliance inspection processes, moving from manual inspection and sorting to automated monitoring sorting applications.

The system should be able to monitor operations and performance characteristics. These could include, but are not limited to, the following:

Product Colour

Product Dimensions

Product Moisture Content

General remote viewing of operations

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

31 March 2022

End date

31 August 2022

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

Accelerated procedure

Justification:

Funds need to be spent by the end of the financial year

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Originally published as:

Date

30 March 2022

Local time

12:00pm

Changed to:

Date

29 March 2022

Local time

10:00am

See the change notice.

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

30 March 2022

Local time

12:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

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=119620.

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.

(WA Ref:119620)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom