Milk Processing Upgrade – Short Deadline

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

MILK PROCESSING UPGRADE – SHORT DEADLINE
Dual stage – Candidates must first pass a selection procedure before being invited to tender or negotiate.
Contract type: Supply contract
Contracting authority: Dairy Partners (Cymru Wales) Limited, The Creamery, Emlyn, Newcastle, SA38 9DQ. Tel: 01239712200. Email: robert.peel@dairypartners.co.uk. Web: www.dairypartners.co.uk (Robert Peel), SA38 9DQ.
Object of the contract
UK – All
Wales
West Wales and The Valleys
Isle of Anglesey
Gwynedd
Conwy and Denbighshire
South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
Swansea
East Wales
Monmouthshire and Newport
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Flintshire and Wrexham
Powys
Project to increase milk processing capability from 3 million litres to to 6 million litres per week of whole and skim milk into Pasta Filata cheese types, whey and whey products, sweet cream, whey cream and polished water, together with associated CIP systems.
The scope of supply for the project includes; process engineering, process installation, electrical design and installation, services design and installation, commissioning, operator training, and performance guarantees.
The cheese making equipment is outside the scope of the project however the equipment will be new and employ the latest technologies and best practice. This project scope is to facilitate the increased milk processing volume of the cheese making equipment, using latest technology and current best practice to compliment the new cheese making efficiencies.
The process areas within the project scope of supply include:
New milk intake and tanker CIP,
Integration of additional milk storage silos and milk distribution,
Cheese milk pasteurisation and standardisation,
Vegetable Oil storage and distribution,
Cheese vat emptying system,
Whey storage, separation, pasteurisation and storage,
Production and storage of Whey Concentrate, WPC, Lactose and Polished water,
Product import and export,
Existing CIP systems are to be upgraded and integrated into the new process.
The automation platform is to be Siemens. A plant wide SCADA system is to be included to provide operational and management data to optimise plant performance and ensure compliance to regulatory requirements. The SCADA system is to cover all new and existing processes. The existing processes will include boiler room, chilled water plant, effluent, water distribution and air compressors.
Key performance criteria:
Site water consumption is to be optimised, totally replacing mains water with polished water and bore hole water.
The water consumed by the process and CIP is not to exceed 0.5 litres per kg of cheese produced.
Heat recovery to be optimised to reduce site energy inputs.
CPV: 16620000, 42210000, 15000000, 15500000, 15540000, 15544000, 51500000, 51000000
Administrative Information
WA Ref:69438
Deadline for requests to participate 2.8.2017 (12:00:00)
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Other Information
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Tenders are expected only from economic operators that can deliver the entire package proposed in the Contract and the Buyer will be seeking certain performance guarantees from the supplier reference operational performance post implementation. Individual applications from operators who can only provide part of the scope will not be considered further. Due to the economic climate, the buyer reserves the right to carry out additional financial checks on all companies tendering for this contract at any time during the procurement process to ensure that they continue to meet the buyers requirements and remain financially viable to perform the contract. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and the contract awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. The buyer reserves the right at any time to cease the tendering process and not award a contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the buyer takes up this right then they will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any tendered as a result. The buyer undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in the proposals submitted, subject to the buyers obligations under any law or to comply with grant funding rules. If the applicant considers that any of the information submitted in the proposal should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity then this should be stated with the reason for considering it sensitive. The buyer will then endeavour to consult with the applicant about the sensitive information when considering any external disclosure of that information.
Dispatch of invitations to tender
04-08-2017
Estimated award date
11-08-2017
Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up
EN
Additional Information
Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: FBIS
TKR-2017724-EX-520251