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Published 30 May 2022, 17:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Liquid Carbon Dioxide Supply Contract for the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR)

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)

Framework agreementGoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Chemical products (24) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG24)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 30 May 2022no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply of bulk liquid CO2 on a 5 year contract basis with an exit clause after 1 year. Ability to fix a competitive price for the first year essential. Need to be able to guarantee supply of between 4,000 and 8,000 tonnes per annum in the differing monthly supply volumes required by the project.

Quotations sought from partners able to supply on the basis above including a fixed price for Year 1 and the ability to exit the contract at end of first year if the University wishes to, resulted in only the selected supplier being able to meet our requirement. This was also affordable against the BIFoR budgetary constraints.

CPV: Carbon dioxide

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: West Midlands · The facility is located on private land in Staffordshire (about a 1-hour drive from the main University).

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 May 2022, 17:58 BST
Last source update
30 May 2022, 17:58 BST
Authority reference
FRAM547/22
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015130
Classification (CPV)
Carbon dioxide
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0341c0 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Supply of bulk liquid CO2 on a 5 year contract basis with an exit clause after 1 year. Ability to fix a competitive price for the first year essential. Need to be able to guarantee supply of between 4,000 and 8,000 tonnes per annum in the differing monthly supply volumes required by the project.

Quotations sought from partners able to supply on the basis above including a fixed price for Year 1 and the ability to exit the contract at end of first year if the University wishes to, resulted in only the selected supplier being able to meet our requirement. This was also affordable against the BIFoR budgetary constraints.

Clear requests for compliant quotations made to all parties able to supply the required volumes with the additional contractual requirements resulted in only one compliant bid.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Queries must be lodged with [email protected] within the 10 day standstill period

Publisher note: Financial Value based on expected maximum volumes for full term of contract. These may be called off on a framework agreement call off basis

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Contracts signed 1latest 30 May 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 015130-2022-FRAM547/22-1

    Signed
    30 May 2022
    Value
    £15,000,000
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Birmingham

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TTContact name, email, phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.