Glass Futures Ltd: GFL Batch Plant Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning

  Glass Futures Ltd is using Delta eSourcing to run this tender exercise

Notice Summary
Title: GFL Batch Plant Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning
Notice type: Contract Notice
Authority: Glass Futures Ltd
Nature of contract: Supplies
Procedure: Open
Short Description: Supply and install of glass melting raw material batch plant equipment including the storage, weighing, mixing and transfer of materials and the associated support and access steelwork.
Published: 22/10/2021 16:39
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UK-Sheffield: Industrial machinery.
Section I: Contracting Authority
      I.1) Name and addresses
             Glass Futures Limited (GFL)
             9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PY, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 7584730421, Email: Procurement@glass-futures.org
             Contact: GFL Procurement Team
             Main Address: https://www.glass-futures.org/
             NUTS Code: UKE32
      I.2) Joint procurement
      The contract involves joint procurement: No.
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided       
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No.
      I.3) Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Sheffield:-Industrial-machinery./38397A422G
      Additional information can be obtained from: the abovementioned address
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically via www.delta-esourcing.com to the abovementioned address       
      Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: Not provided
      I.4) Type of the contracting authority
            Body governed by public law
      I.5) Main activity
            Other activity:

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
      II.1.1) Title: GFL Batch Plant Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning       
      Reference Number: BPT002
      II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
      42000000 - Industrial machinery.

      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES
      II.1.4) Short description: Supply and install of glass melting raw material batch plant equipment including the storage, weighing, mixing and transfer of materials and the associated support and access steelwork.       
      II.1.5) Estimated total value:
      Value excluding VAT: 3,500,000       
      Currency: GBP
      II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No       
   
II.2) Description
      
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      42923000 - Weighing machinery and scales.
      42417310 - Conveyor belts.
      45223210 - Structural steelworks.
      45262400 - Structural steel erection work.
      44613110 - Silos.
      
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKD71 East Merseyside
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: The subject matter of this procurement exercise is the supply of articles comprising of specialised equipment and fabrication of components to meet the requirements of the GFL Pilot Facility Batch Plant Detailed Design Specification and the installation of those articles at the site. The successful supplier will also be responsible for the commissioning, handover and training for GFL representatives of those articles on site.

Background
Glass Futures Ltd is creating a new glassmaking Pilot Plant facility in St Helens, United Kingdom, to provide a Global Centre of Excellence for sustainable manufacture of glass. It will bridge the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) gap between research activity and full commercial implementation. The facility will have full plant utilities and services, a full-scale Batch Plant, initially a 30 tonnes per day furnace complete with container and flat glass manufacturing capability.
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Criteria below
            Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
                        
            Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 40
                              
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: 3,500,000       
      Currency: GBP       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Duration in months: 16       
      This contract is subject to renewal: No       
      Description of renewals: Not provided
      
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       Yes             
      Description of options: Options will be included in the procurement documents and are associated with the specification and inclusion of equipment based upon technical solution and price.
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: The procurement is related to a project financed by UK Government funds via UKRI Grant Funding Agreement.
UKRI Project Code: 107249 GFA relating to Glass Pilot Scale Facility       


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1) Conditions for participation
      III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
      Not Provided       
      III.1.2) Economic and financial standing       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :       
      Not Provided    
      III.1.3) Technical and professional ability    
      Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
      Not Provided   
      III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)   
      The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No       
      The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No    
      
   III.2) Conditions related to the contract
         
      III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided          
      III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No

Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Description OPEN
      IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open   
   
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system    
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement - NO    
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided    
   
   
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
      An electronic auction will be used: No
      Additional information about electronic auction: Not provided
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes       
   IV.2) Administrative information
      IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: Not provided       
      IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
       Date: 22/11/2021 Time: 12:00
            
      IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,       
      IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
         Until: 25/02/2022
      
      IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders:
         Date: 22/11/2021
         Time: 13:00
      

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1) Information about recurrence
   This is a recurrent procurement: No    
   Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
   VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
   Electronic ordering will be used Yes       
   Electronic invoicing will be accepted Yes       
   Electronic payment will be used Yes       
   VI.3) Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Sheffield:-Industrial-machinery./38397A422G

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/38397A422G
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   VI.4.1) Review body:
             Glass Futures Limited
       9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PY, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7584730421
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not provided
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
   Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:    
    Not Provided    
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Not provided
   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 22/10/2021

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UK-Sheffield: Industrial machinery.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Glass Futures Limited (GFL)
       9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PY, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7584730421, Email: Procurement@glass-futures.org
       Contact: GFL Procurement Team
       Main Address: https://www.glass-futures.org/
       NUTS Code: UKE32

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Other activity: Research and Technology

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: GFL Batch Plant Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning            
      Reference number: BPT002

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         42000000 - Industrial machinery.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

      II.1.4) Short description: Supply and install of glass melting raw material batch plant equipment including the storage, weighing, mixing and transfer of materials and the associated support and access steelwork.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 4,450,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            42923000 - Weighing machinery and scales.
            42417310 - Conveyor belts.
            45223210 - Structural steelworks.
            45262400 - Structural steel erection work.
            44613110 - Silos.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKD71 - East Merseyside
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      East Merseyside
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The subject matter of this procurement exercise is the supply of articles comprising of specialised equipment and fabrication of components to meet the requirements of the GFL Pilot Facility Batch Plant Detailed Design Specification and the installation of those articles at the site. The successful supplier will also be responsible for the commissioning, handover and training for GFL representatives of those articles on site.

Background
Glass Futures Ltd is creating a new glassmaking Pilot Plant facility in St Helens, United Kingdom, to provide a Global Centre of Excellence for sustainable manufacture of glass. It will bridge the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) gap between research activity and full commercial implementation. The facility will have full plant utilities and services, a full-scale Batch Plant, initially a 30 tonnes per day furnace complete with container and flat glass manufacturing capability.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 40
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:Options will be included in the procurement documents and are associated with the specification and inclusion of equipment based upon technical solution and price.

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: The procurement is related to a project financed by UK Government funds via UKRI Grant Funding Agreement.
UKRI Project Code: 107249 GFA relating to Glass Pilot Scale Facility


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-026573
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: GFL Batch Plant Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 02/02/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 3
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             EME GmbH, HRB 8446
             Wockerather Weg 45, Erkelenz, Germany
             NUTS Code: DE
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 3,500,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 4,400,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Glass Futures Limited
          9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PY, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 7584730421

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/03/2022