Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which further information may be obtained

2 Contract Details

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Title

Design and manufacture up to 24 wave energy drive trains from concept design work output.

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Description of the goods or services required

Design and manufacture up to 24 wave energy drive trains from concept design work output.

The scope of work is estimated to be up to a maximum value of £600k and will include the design and manufacture of bespoke drive trains based on concept design work currently being undertaken.

The first batch (of up to a maximum of 6) must be ready for delivery by Jan 31 2017 with approx. size, weight and footprint details available before the end of 2016.

The successful tender should be able to supply evidence of the following:

* Expertise in carbon composite design and fabrication.

* High end automotive expertise and manufacturing experience.

* The use of innovative design and materials to meet the challenges of operating in high stress applications in extreme environmental conditions.

* The ability to respond very quickly to design alterations and equipment modifications.

* The ability to meet the very tight manufacturing timescales.

Design work rates should also be supplied and an estimate of the design time required.

All responses should be received no later than 5 December 2016.

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. (30%)

2. Quality: All responses are to demonstrate how quality is managed and make their current quality plans available for review. (20%)

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 through either client feedback and/or previous project evidence with particular note of their ability to deliver on time. (10%)

5. Delivery: All responses are to highlight their skill set and resource availability to meet the required delivery date of 10 Feb 2017. (20%)

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

1. 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.

(WA Ref:51015)

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

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Notice Coding and Classification

3 Administrative Information

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

All responses should be received no later than 7 December 2016.

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. (40%)

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 innovative 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 and resource availability to meet the required delivery date of 31 Jan 2017. (30%)

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 project/programme is partly financed by the a European Regional Development Fund: Wave-Tricity - Ocean Wave Rower

(WA Ref:56835)

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

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