CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Design, Engineering, Maintenance and Fabrication Support

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

To provide design, engineering, maintenance support as required to a wave energy research and development barge. The barge is situated in the the Milford Haven until July 2018.

This support should include:

Fabrication support and facilities.

Aluminium welding and fabrication.

Mechanical engineering support.

Electrical engineering support.

Mechanical and electrical design support.

Naval architect support.

Berthing and slip facilities (preferably covered).

Availability of resources to work onsite whilst the barge is at her moorings in the haven.

Provision for boat transfers to move personnel to/from the barge.

The barge contains the following electrical equipment:

generators

control systems

remote monitoring systems

conditioning equipment

communications equipment

The contract will be a service agreement and work allocated on a call off basis up to a maximum value of £400k.

An optional 6 month extension past July 2018.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=65774.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://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.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The contract will be a service agreement and work allocated on a call off basis up to a maximum value of £400k.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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

All responses should be received no later than 8 June 2017.

Evaluation of the tenders will be conducted using the following criteria and weighting:

1. Value for money: All responses are to demonstrate value for money in their return. As this is a call off contract then hourly rates and fixed charges should be used. (20%)

2. Quality: All responses are to demonstrate how quality is managed and make their current quality plans available for review.

(10%)

3. Health and Safety: All responses are to highlight how they manage health and safety and give evidence of past H&S

performance. Any relevant polices should be made available for review. (10%)

4. Reputation: All responses are to demonstrate their reputation for design and manufacture of engineering systems

operating in extreme environments through previous project evidence. (20%)

5. Ability to Deliver: All responses are to highlight their skill set, resource availability and facilities that will allow them to respond, at short notice, to a variety of demands from fabrication, design and/or repair to the test barge. (40%)

Not to be used in the tender evaluation but should be included for data gathering purposes:

Any Impact on Pembrokeshire local community and economy: All responses are to highlight any direct or indirect benefit to the

local area either from the business as a whole or through this particular contract.

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:65774)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: Wave-Tricity: Ocean Wave Rower

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice