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Published 13 Sept 2023, 08:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Sustainable Production and Supply of Food Challenge

Official notice

Authority: Cardiff Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesInnovation partnership
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 9 Oct 2023
Contract term 11 moends 30 Sept 2024 · extension options published · starts 13 Nov 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This competition is a ‘first of a kind’ demonstrator initiative, on behalf of Cardiff Capital Region (CCR), Cardiff Council and Monmouthshire Council to accelerate innovation in the CCR region and enable projects to develop innovative solutions which can significantly improve the sustainable production and supply of food.

Your project must focus one or more of the following themes:

  • Approaches to encourage and enhance knowledge within schools of the health benefits by sourcing from local food supply chains.
  • Dynamic integrated tools that optimize the supply and distribution of local food supplies.
  • Maximising renewable energy generation and local utilization from farm (and growing) assets whilst maintaining agricultural yields.
  • Innovative farming practices to reduce carbon emissions and increase yield

CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Homogenised food preparations · Miscellaneous food products · Prepared meals · Processed food products · Services incidental to agricultural production

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal 11 mo
Contract period: 13 Nov 2023 – 30 Sept 2024 (11 mo)
Delivery: Wales · Applicable to the Cardiff City Region
Extensions: The second phase is the scale up phase. Scale Up contracts are intended to provide organisations, successful in the demonstrator phase, with an opportunity to scale up their innovative solutions and it is intended that projects will run for a maximum of 12 months.Second stage: up to 8 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

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
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Innovation partnership
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
13 Sept 2023, 08:52 BST
Last source update
13 Sept 2023, 08:52 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027013
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related productsFood, beverages, tobacco and related productsHomogenised food preparationsMiscellaneous food productsPrepared mealsProcessed food productsServices incidental to agricultural production
Delivery area
Wales (UKL21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fc32 Find a Tender

Publisher note: For submission and access to full documents please use the following https://sbri.simplydo.co.uk/challenges/public Timescales: - Competition Launch: 29th August 2023 - Competition Briefing Webinar: w/c 18th September 2023. - Deadline for applications: 10am 9th October 2023 - Finalist for pitching notified: 24th October 2023 - Pitching sessions with CRR Stakeholders: w/c 30th October 2023 - Winners announced for demonstrator study funding: 13th November 2023 Please note: - The procurement is subject to grant funding and the Council reserves the right not to award and/or not proceed with the procurement. - The Council reserves the right to terminate the contract and/or not proceed to the next stage/phase should the grant be withdrawn, reduced, reclaimed, or withheld. - The Council has the right to reclaim, withhold and/or withdrawn in the same circumstances as the grant conditions (referred to above). - The recipient(s) of the scale up contract(s) will be required to report on actual impact throughout project lifetime and will be required to participate in post-project monitoring and evaluation with Cardiff Council, Cardiff Capital Region, and Welsh Government for at least 2 years post-project completion. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=134414. (WA Ref:134414) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN, CY
Submission deadline
9 Oct 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Sept 2023 → 13 Nov 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 Sept 2023, 08:52 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    9 Oct 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    30 Oct 2023
  4. Contract starts
    13 Nov 2023

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Cardiff Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 4UWContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.