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Ceredigion, Food Centre Wales - Filtration Pilot Plant Equipment / Ceredigion, Canolfan Fwyd Cymru - Offer Peilot Hidlo ar gyfer Prosesu Bwyd

Open United Kingdom Industrial machinery

Buyer Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council

15 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€386,539
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 25 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

25 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,809 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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Ceredigion County Council, on behalf of Food Centre Wales, seeks a qualified supplier to provide a turnkey solution for the design, manufacture, supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and support of food-grade membrane filtration pilot plant systems. The procurement comprises one Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Pilot Plant, one Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Pilot Plant, and one laboratory bench-top pilot plant. The equipment will support product development, process optimisation, ingredient recovery, concentration, membrane screening and scale-up trials in the Innovation and Manufacturing Hub. The contract includes acceptance testing, operator training, warranty support, documentation and compliance with UK legislation, food hygiene, safety and food-contact standards.

Description

Ceredigion County Council on behalf of Food Centre Wales is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to provide a complete turnkey solution for the design, manufacture, supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and support of food-grade membrane filtration pilot plant systems. The procurement comprises one Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Pilot Plant, one Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Pilot Plant, and one laboratory bench-top pilot plant. The systems will be used within Food Centre Wales' Innovation and Manufacturing Hub to support food and beverage product development, process optimisation, ingredient recovery, concentration, membrane screening and scale-up trials. The equipment must provide flexible membrane filtration capability suitable for pilot-scale and laboratory-scale research and development activities, with the pilot plants capable of accommodating a range of membrane types and operating conditions relevant to food and beverage processing. The contract includes equipment supply, delivery, installation, commissioning, acceptance testing, operator training, warranty support and the provision of all associated documentation required to place the equipment into full operational service. The proposed solution must comply with all relevant UK legislation, food hygiene and food-contact requirements, safety requirements and industry standards applicable to food processing equipment. Mae Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, ar ran Canolfan Fwyd Cymru, yn dymuno penodi cyflenwr cymwys a phrofiadol i ddarparu datrysiad cyflawn "tro-allwedd" ar gyfer dylunio, gweithgynhyrchu, cyflenwi, dosbarthu, gosod, comisiynu a chefnogi systemau offer peilot hidlo pilenni gradd bwyd. Mae'r caffaeliad yn cynnwys un Offer Peilot Microhidlo ac Uwchhidlo, un Offer Peilot Osmosis Gwrthdro a Nanohidlo, ac un offer peilot labordy pen bwrdd. Bydd y systemau'n cael eu defnyddio o fewn Hwb Arloesi a Gweithgynhyrchu Canolfan Fwyd Cymru i gefnogi datblygu cynhyrchion bwyd a diod, optimeiddio prosesau, adfer cynhwysion, crynodiad, sgrinio pilenni a threialon ehangu graddfa. Rhaid i'r offer ddarparu gallu hidlo pilenni hyblyg sy'n addas ar gyfer gweithgareddau ymchwil a datblygu ar raddfa beilot ac ar raddfa labordy, gyda'r offer peilot yn gallu defnyddio ystod o fathau o bilenni ac amodau gweithredu sy'n berthnasol i brosesu bwyd a diod. Mae'r contract yn cynnwys cyflenwi'r offer, ei ddosbarthu, ei osod, ei gomisiynu, profi derbyn, hyfforddi gweithredwyr, cymorth gwarant a darparu'r holl ddogfennaeth gysylltiedig sy'n ofynnol i roi'r offer mewn gwasanaeth gweithredol llawn. Rhaid i'r datrysiad arfaethedig gydymffurfio â'r holl ddeddfwriaeth berthnasol yn y DU, gofynion hylendid bwyd a deunyddiau mewn cysylltiad â bwyd, gofynion diogelwch a safonau'r diwydiant sy'n berthnasol i offer prosesu bwyd.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €386,539.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Industrial machinery.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    15 days left, 12 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €76,871 and €238,749.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 24 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 67 awards for Industrial machinery in United Kingdom.

This notice
€386,539
Median award
€116,042
Middle half of past awards
€76,871 to €238,749

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
24
awards
16

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
15
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
20%

Based on 15 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Industrial machinery - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Alpine Vending Co Ltd 4 €16,922 Aug 2026
Mannings Facilities Management Limited 3 €389,535 Jul 2024
Western Nissan 2 €336,567 Feb 2026
Scot JCB Ltd 2 €207,604 Jul 2026
Scotec Lifts 2 €146,928 Sep 2026

Based on 84 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

2 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 69% of the open notices in Industrial machinery across Europe.

open now in Industrial machinery
1,892
median open notice
€151,613

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Industrial machinery

different companies won awards here
75
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
buyers awarded contracts here
68

Based on 84 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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