Published date: 23 February 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

098-0223T

Published date

23 February 2023

Closing date

3 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 March 2023

Contract end date

7 March 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

AEC is seeking a high-resolution LiDAR system which must be capable of being attached to UAVs. In this instance we are looking for this system to be able to be mounted and flown on a DJI M300 UAV (or equivalent specification of drone. For ease of purpose DJI M300 will be used as reference throughout the specification) This will be used for agricultural measurements and must meet the specification requirements.

ITT documents are only available to access from the following e-tendering portal:-

https://ne1procurementservices.com/content/live_tenders.php

More information

Links

Additional text

Queries/Clarification Questions:-

No Bidder is permitted to contact any Authority (AEC) staff member whatsoever, during this procurement exercise, as to do so will render any Bid from a Bidder whom contravenes this instruction to automatically exclude themselves from the ITT opportunity at the discretion of the Authority.

Any queries arising from this document, and/or for further clarification, Bidders must only use the Q&A protocol at the electronic address (see page 1) no later than noon 27th Feb 2023 - as beyond this date and time no further clarification questions will be answered.

We reserve the right to refuse to respond to any clarification questions if they are deemed to be seeking to gain commercial advantage/confidential information/unfair advantage against the other bidders, and additionally we may reject any offer submitted as a result of such infringement.

The Authority may at its discretion communicate any questions and/or requests for information together with the Authority's response to all Bidders.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement and Legal Dept

Address

AGRI-EPI CENTRE, EASTER BUSH ROSLIN
EDINBURGH
EH25 9RG
United Kingdom

Email

procurement@agri-epicentre.com