The Sustainable Production and Supply of Food Challenge (Ангилья - Тендер #46071543)

• Contract notice Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses

Cardiff Council

County Hall, Atlantic Wharf

Cardiff

CF10 4UW

UK

Contact person: Cardiff Food Challenge

Telephone: +44 2920873732

E-mail: foodchallenge@cardiff.gov.uk

NUTS: UKL22

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.cardiff.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0422

I.1) Name and addresses

Cardiff Council

County Hall, Atlantic Wharf

Cardiff

CF10 4UW

UK

Telephone: +44 2920873732

E-mail: procurement@cardiff.gov.uk

NUTS: UKL22

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.cardiff.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0422

I.1) Name and addresses

Monmouthshire County Council

County Hall, Rhadyr

Usk

NP15 1GA

UK

Telephone: +44 1633644644

E-mail: contact@monmouthshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKL21

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0277

I.1) Name and addresses

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services, Parc Cathays / Cathays Park

Caerdydd / Cardiff

CF10 3NQ

UK

Telephone: +44 3000257095

E-mail: CPSProcurementAdvice@gov.wales

NUTS: UKL

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://sbri.simplydo.co.uk/challenges/public

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://sbri.simplydo.co.uk/challenges/public

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object II.1) Scope of the procurement II.1.1) Title

The Sustainable Production and Supply of Food Challenge

II.1.2) Main CPV code

77110000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short 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

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

77110000

15000000

15881000

15800000

15894000

03000000

15894200

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKL22

UKL21

Main site or place of performance:

Applicable to the Cardiff City Region

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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:

We are looking for applicants that can evidence identified partners / future customers, for the entirety of the project. The potential partner can be a public sector organisation, farmer or any other relevant party looking to tackle such a challenge, but they must be based in the CCR Region.

For more information on the background and scope of the competition please go to

https://sbri.simplydo.co.uk/challenges/public and click on the themes to register to attend an online briefing event.

Alternatively, you may register for the briefing event via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sustainable-production-and-supply-of-food-challenge-tickets-695930997347

A recording of the briefing will be made available.

Any adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition would be subject to a separate, possible competitive, procurement exercise. This competition does not cover the purchase of any solution.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition closes at 10am UK time on the date of the deadline.

Technical and functional requirements

- The demonstrator initiatives will be specifically centred around the ecosystems of Monmouthshire and Cardiff city region in South Wales. Solution holders will be expected to be working directly with the CCR regional stakeholders and CCR Staff in this area of South Wales.

- Although carbon impact in conducting business is a primary concern to the CCR Challenge Fund and kept to a minimum where possible, some travel to South Wales would be expected where deemed necessary.

- Applications invited to proceed with a demonstrator model will be contracted under Cardiff City Council using the standard SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) contracting templates.

- Invitations for pitching will be TRL 5 innovative approaches or above. TRL 5 innovative tech (and process) solutions can be deployed whilst demonstrating reasonable and surmountable costs for adoption within the user groups targeted.

- Deployment and focus within the Monmouthshire and Cardiff area with a view to being scaled to the wider CCR region.

- Demonstrator models will be deployed in South Wales and therefore lead organisations and collaborative partners based in Wales would be of particular interest.

- Solutions that can demonstrate intention to strengthen local supply chains or local economy opportunities will also be keenly observed.

- Demonstration of solutions that can be delivered within the required timescales will be required. We are looking for new and emerging innovations to create an evidence base for further development and scale, considering affordability and practicality.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 13/11/2023

End: 30/09/2024

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

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.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

It is anticipated that up to 8 feasibility studies will be funded for Phase 1 please refer to food challenge documents for full details.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Description IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Innovation partnership

IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 09/10/2023

Local time: 10:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 30/10/2023

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

CY

Section VI: Complementary information VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

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 http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=134414.

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The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.

VI.4) Procedures for review VI.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

Telephone: +44 2079477501

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

13/09/2023

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