CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Tender for the Supply of a Glovebox System

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

IMPACT is a capital and revenue funded, eight year, GBP35million operation, where funding under the ERDF Investment Priority 1. Research and Innovation, aims to increase the capacity of Welsh Research Institutions and their success in attracting competitive and private research funding, whilst contributing to SO1.1. IMPACT is also expected to deliver a Centre of Excellence in the form of a Research Institute, capable of initiating and driving significant additional sustainable world-leading research and the creation of world-leading academic jobs and economic growth through its strategic operation and collaboration with global, regional and local industry stakeholders and world-class academic partners.

IMPACT’s GBP17.4million of ERDF capital funding will be used to design, plan and construct a state of the art building (approximately 6000m2 in size with a total value of GBP20.3million) to house world-leading academics and researchers from the College of Engineering within Swansea University’s Science and Technology Bay Campus. At the heart of the IMPACT building will be a large fully equipped, reconfigurable laboratory space to house research facilities related to IMPACT’s five key themes: Future Manufacturing Technologies, Next Generation Materials Property Measurement, Advanced Structural Mechanics, Vapour Deposition Cluster and Metal Technology Centre.

This procurement is to support that equipping requirement of the laboratory space, by seeking a suitable provider of a Glovebox System

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=130885

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Please see tender documents available in etenderwales BravoSolution:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

project 31525 and itt 102344

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

This tender is being conducted eletronically on etenderwales BravoSolution

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

in project 31525 and itt 102344

Only tender bids submitted via this website by the tender deadline can be considered

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

SU179(23)

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:130885)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: IMPACT is a capital and revenue funded, eight year, GBP35million operation, funded under the ERDF (part of a suite of European Structural Funds provided to the UK Governmentand Devolved Administrations) Investment Priority 1. Research and Innovation

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice