Published date: 29 March 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 4 December 2023, 12:30pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Lifting and handling equipment - 42410000

  • Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery - 42418000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£550,000

Procurement reference

UBIC001-DN697127-75457906

Published date

29 March 2024

Closing date

4 December 2023

Closing time

12:30pm

Contract start date

31 March 2024

Contract end date

30 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Bulk bag decanting equipment is required to enable UKBIC to handle battery materials in bulk, facilitating industrialization of battery cells through large batch manufacturing. The equipment is necessary to enable decanting of bulk bags to small bags that can be processed via the UKBIC FIL and VIL mixing plant. The Equipment is required to decant bulk bags 1,000kg into 25kg bags.\r
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Two Stage Restricted Procedure\r
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This is a Restricted tender, which consists of 4 stages:\r
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Stage 1 Pre-Qualification and Short-listing\r
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• Evaluation of submitted information to determine eligibility to be invited to tender.\r
• A short list resulting from this assessment of a minimum of five (5) Candidates (where there are at least five (5) suitably qualified, experienced Candidates). Where there are less than five (5) suitably qualified Candidates, all suitably qualified Candidates will be invited to proceed to Stage 2 submissions.\r
• All SQ responses shall be considered / evaluated following the published deadline date / time for submission.\r
• All Candidates shall be advised of their status and only those short listed shall be issued the Invitation to tender (ITT).\r
• UKBIC may, at its sole discretion, decide not to proceed to Stage 2 if it is deemed not to be in our best interest to do so.\r
• Shortlisted Candidates will be required to sign an NDA before proceeding to Stage 2\r
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Stage 2 Tender Submission\r
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• Candidates shall be required to submit Tenders in accordance with the details / instructions set out in the ITT.\r
• Candidates shall be required to conduct a trial in order to demonstrate how the proposed solution will protect hydroscopic materials from the ambient environment. Details of the trial will be included in the ITT.\r
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Stage 3 Tender Evaluation\r
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• Tenders received shall be evaluated and scored against a predefined and advertised matrix as per this ITT.\r
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Stage 4 Contract Award\r
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• Successful Candidates notified in writing.\r
• Unsuccessful Candidates notified in writing and feedback offered if required.\r
• Ten (10) day mandatory stand still period will be applied.\r
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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Big Bag Decanting Equipment

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 November 2023

Links

Award information

Awarded date

21 March 2024

Contract start date

28 March 2024

Contract end date

1 October 2024

Total value of contract

£568,901.05

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AZO GmbH

Address

74706

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Tenders

Address

Rowley Road
Baginton
Coventry
CV8 3AL
England

Email

ProcurementTenders@ukbic.co.uk

Website

https://www.ukbic.co.uk/