Shropshire Council: DMNV 028 - Biochar Pyrolysis Production Plant - Ludlow

UK-Shrewsbury: Construction works for power plants and heating plants.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Shropshire Council
       Shirehall, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1743252992, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
       Contact: Procurement Team
       Main Address: http://www.shropshire.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKG22

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.5) Main activity:
      General public services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: DMNV 028 - Biochar Pyrolysis Production Plant - Ludlow            
      Reference number: DMNV 028

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         45251000 - Construction works for power plants and heating plants.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: WORKS

      II.1.4) Short description: This is an award notice for the design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operation and maintenance of a biomass Pyrolysis Plant. This includes the provision of instrumentation, control and automation of the equipment, civils and electrical works for a biomass pyrolysis facility for a site supplied by the Council at Coder Road in Ludlow, United Kingdom.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 1,575,818
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKG22 - Shropshire CC
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Shropshire CC
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: This is an award notice for the design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operation and maintenance of a biomass Pyrolysis Plant. This includes the provision of instrumentation, control and automation of the equipment, civils and electrical works for a biomass pyrolysis facility supplied by the Council at Coder Road in Ludlow, United Kingdom.

The Council requires initial servicing and support over the initial two years of the Contract. If the Council exercises its option to extend the Contract, from year 3 until expiry of the Contract, the successful contractor shall provide ongoing operation and maintenance services under a separate Operation and Maintenance Contract.
The Council requires the successful contractor to provide a fully inclusive warranty within the first-two years post commissioning to ‘Live’, including servicing and support. This would include a 24hr response to be on site to remediate any operational issues.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
      Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: Yes
         Description of these options:The Council reserves the right to extend the contract at its sole discretion for the continued operation and maintenance of the Plant. Should the Council exercise its right to extend, the successful contractor will be given not less than 12 months’ notice to that effect and such option to extend will be treated as an instruction for additional services in accordance with Condition 33.3 of the Operation and Maintenance Services Contract (“O&M Contract”) (please refer to the draft O&M Contract published with the procurement documents).

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2024/S 000-029784
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 27/01/2025

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 2
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Biodynamic Carbon Limited, 15227316
             Caebardd, Guilsfield, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 9DJ, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 1743258511
             NUTS Code: UKL24
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 1,575,818
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=903214372

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Shropshire Council
          Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 03/02/2025