Official UK procurement notice
NERIC Equipment Wave 2 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe North of England Robotic Innovation Centre (NERIC) is a newly formed specialist department within the University of Salford. NERIC is an £18 million project part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Research England. It will serve as a hub for small to medium-sized companies (SMEs) looking to design, test and validate innovation in the rapidly growing area of robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. NERIC will support SME's to implement robotic and automation solutions in many different sectors including healthcare delivery and technology development, manufacturing, acoustics, product design, built environment and infrastructure development and maintenance, and many others.
This request for tender is the second of three tranches, aimed at furnishing our food and manufacturing, intelligent mobility, and services laboratories.
CPV: Industrial robots · Printers and plotters
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value (£750,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Additive manufacturingAwardedPublished value£25,000
Additive manufacturing
Lot #2Telepresent robotAwardedPublished value£20,000
Telepresent robot
Lot #3Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipmentAwardedPublished value£190,000
Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment
Lot #4Intelligent mobilityAwardedPublished value£265,000
Intelligent mobility
Lot #5Nimble multifunction robotAwardedPublished value£150,000
Nimble multifunction robot
Lot #6SCARA for healthcare settingCancelledPublished value£50,000
SCARA for healthcare setting
Lot #7Delta robotAwardedPublished value£50,000
Delta robot
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Technical specification: 35%
- Lead time: 10%
- Warranty: 5%
- Servicing implementation: 15%
- Value added extras: 10%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (6)
- Technical specification: 35
- Lead time: 10
- Warranty: 5
- Servicing implementation: 15
- Value added extras: 10
- Price: 25
- Suitability
As per tender documents
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- 24 May 2022, 15:12 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jun 2022 – …
- Authority reference
UoS/OW/21/22/QTR4/NERIC Equipment Wave 2- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026896- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033ea6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jun 2022, 13:00 BST
Timeline
24 Jun 2022 → 26 Sept 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline24 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Jun 2022, 13:00 BST
- Notice published26 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2022- Status changed to complete26 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
- Buyer details updated26 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Additive manufacturing1 award | |||
| Additive-X LtdSME | £25,960 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Telepresent robot1 award | |||
| Extend Robotics Limited | £31,047 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 3 · Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment1 award | |||
| DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITED | £188,750 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Intelligent mobility1 award | |||
| Vikaso Ltd | £316,900 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 5 · Nimble multifunction robot1 award | |||
| Createc Ltd | £166,210 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 7 · Delta robot1 award | |||
| POMO Limited t/a POMO Robotics | £89,768 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Telepresent robot · Extend Robotics Limited
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2022
- Value
- £31,047
- Status
- active
Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment · DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITED
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2022
- Value
- £188,750
- Status
- active
Intelligent mobility · Vikaso Ltd
- Signed
- 21 Sept 2022
- Value
- £316,900
- Status
- active
Nimble multifunction robot · Createc Ltd
- Signed
- 15 Sept 2022
- Value
- £166,210
- Status
- active
Additive manufacturing · Additive-X LtdSME
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2022
- Value
- £25,960
- Status
- active
Delta robot · POMO Limited t/a POMO Robotics
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2022
- Value
- £89,768
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Additive manufacturing | 1bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Telepresent robot | 1bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Industry 4.0 demonstrator and training equipment | 1bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Intelligent mobility | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · Nimble multifunction robot | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 7 · Delta robot | 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- University of SalfordReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice- Additive-X LtdAwarded supplier
- Createc LtdAwarded supplier
- Didactic Services LtdAwarded supplier
- Extend Robotics LimitedAwarded supplier
- POMO Limited t/a POMO RoboticsAwarded supplier
- Vikaso LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria