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Published 19 Jan 2024, 13:25 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Automated Factory for Industry 4.0

Official notice

Authority: City of Sunderland College (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£370,000exc. VAT15.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Feb 2024awarded 10 Apr 2024
Awarded to Flamefast UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of EPNE’s Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) the college have a requirement for the provision of an Automated Factory for Industry 4.0. Our Engineering and Manufacturing department are keen to provide new experiences to our students. Students and users will be trained and prepared to work, providing them a valid insight into Industrial IoT environments and highly digitized and automated factories. The system will reduce the gap between academia and industrial IoT factories, by utilising industry standard components, practices, and operations.

CPV: Educational equipment · Industrial machinery · Industry specific software package · Teaching equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 55
  • Price: 45
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Jan 2024, 13:25 GMT
Last source update
10 Apr 2024, 15:58 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
SUN REF 130
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011678
Classification (CPV)
Educational equipmentIndustrial machineryIndustry specific software packageTeaching equipment
Delivery area
North East (UKC23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e80 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
9 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

9 Feb 2024 → 10 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    10 Apr 2024, 15:58 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Apr 2024, 15:58 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £311,3091 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Flamefast UK Ltd£311,309 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Automated Factory for Industry 4.0 · Flamefast UK Ltd

    Signed
    10 Apr 2024
    Value
    £311,309
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of Sunderland College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Bede Campus , Sunderland , North East, SR3 4AHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FlamefastAwarded supplier Warrington, North West

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.