United Kingdom-Wilton: 671 — Supply, Installation and Commissioning of a Roll to Roll Inkjet Printer

Type of document: Contract Awards
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 123-279106/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Centre for Process Innovation
Postal address: Wilton Centre, Wilton
Town: Redcar
Postal code: TS10 4RF
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Mr Daryll Tighe
Telephone: +44 1642455340
Email: daryll.tighe@uk-cpi.com
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5) Main activity
Other activity: Research and Development

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: 671 — Supply, Installation and Commissioning of a Roll to Roll Inkjet Printer

Reference number: DN294447
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 31600000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: This Contract is for the supply, installation and commissioning of the equipment specified below, including packing, shipping, delivery and training of users. Where applicable, the supply of consumables / spare and replacement parts is also to be included in the scope of this Contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: 513000/ Highest offer: 804000 taken into consideration
Currency: GBP

II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title: Provision of a Roll to Roll Inkjet Printer Standalone System
Lot No:1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 31000000
Main CPV code: 42900000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
CPI would like to acquire a roll to roll system to replace its incumbent equipment. A description of this incumbent equipment is as follows: the roll-to-roll print system has 6 modules, together with a control system and user interface enabling control of the print heads together with control of the roll-to-roll handling.
— Module 1 contains the unwind section for rolls of web on 3 inch cores with a splice table enabling easy interchange of substrate,
— Module 2 contains a bank of four 1 000 pixel print heads, which at the current resolution of 360 DPI equates to a print width of approximately 282 mm,
— Module 3 is the initial UV tack cure of the printed ink, located immediately after the print heads; this requires a UV power of >6 W/cm2, wavelength 350 nm peak (40 nm width, current lamps lead doped),
— Module 4 utilises an extracted IR oven capable of temperatures up to 110 oC. The ovenlength is 73 cm,
— Module 5 provides a full UV cure at 24 W/cm2, 350 nm (40 nm width, current lamps lead doped). This UV module also has a cooled UPW jacket around the UV bulb in order to remove the IR energy,
— Module 6 contains the rewind section where the printed product is wound onto 3 inch cores.
Currently we have to pass every sample through the tool twice. Once for initial print and cure, and then a second time for additional curing. It would be highly desirable (as in cutting the run time in half and eliminating a lot of manual handling) to be able to do this in one pass. To fully mirror the current process this would be an additional UV cure at 24 W/cm2 and additional IR cure at 105 oC and final UV cure of 24 W/cm2. However it is quite possible this could be reduced but that would require some development.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion – Name: Quality and specification/Weighting:50Quality criterion – Name: After sales/technical assistance/Weighting:10Quality criterion – Name: Delivery conditions/Weighting:10
Price – Weighting:30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: Please see tender document

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF) Competitive Programme 2014 – 2020.

II.2.1) Title: Modification to existing Nilpeter Roll to Roll Tool
Lot No:2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 31000000
Main CPV code: 42900000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
CPI currently operates a reel-to-reel Nilpeter MO4/FA4 printing press which has the capability to perform offsetlitho, rotary screen, flexographic and gravure printing processes as well as die cut, lamination and sheeting operations. The multi-process narrow web Nilpeter press is available for development work, prototyping,scale-up and pilot production. It provides a test bed to allow clients to develop intelligent print for a variety of applications such as labels, switches and sensors, flexible packaging, radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC)
There is now a requirement to add further capability with Inkjet technology as per the specification supplied in the tender. This additional inkjet hardware will require the current Nilpeter to be modified in such a way as maintain its current capability whilst further enhancing it with Inkjet technology.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion – Name: Quality and specification/Weighting:50Quality criterion – Name: After sales service/technical assistance/Weighting:10Quality criterion – Name: Delivery conditions/Weighting:10
Price – Weighting:30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: Please see Tender document.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF) Competitive Programme 2014 – 2020.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
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 OJ S:2017/S 159-328339
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 671
Lot No: 1
Title: Provision of a Roll to Roll Inkjet Printer Standalone System

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2017-12-14
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Sherkin Technologies
Town: Daresbury
Postal code: WA4 4FS
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: 513000/ Highest offer: 804000 taken into consideration
Currency: GBP
Contract No: 671
Lot No: 2
Title: Modification to existing Nilpeter Roll to Roll Tool

A contract/lot is awarded no
V.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Centre for Process Innovation
Town: Redcar
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2018-06-26