Liquid Carbon Dioxide Supply Contract for the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR)

Concepts

• birmingham
• carbon dioxide
• birmingham institute of forest research
• bifor
• supply of bulk liquid co2
• liquid carbon dioxide supply contract
• monthly supply volumes
• year contract basis
• competitive price
• budgetary constraints

Location

The facility is located on private land in Staffordshire (about a 1-hour drive from the main University)

Description

Supply of bulk liquid CO2 on a 5 year contract basis with an exit clause after 1 year. Ability to fix a competitive price for the first year essential. Need to be able to guarantee supply of between 4,000 and 8,000 tonnes per annum in the differing monthly supply volumes required by the project. Quotations sought from partners able to supply on the basis above including a fixed price for Year 1 and the ability to exit the contract at end of first year if the University wishes to, resulted in only the selected supplier being able to meet our requirement. This was also affordable against the BIFoR budgetary constraints.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 24112100 - Carbon dioxide

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Supply of bulk liquid CO2 on a 5 year contract basis with an exit clause after 1 year. Ability to fix a competitive price for the first year essential. Need to be able to guarantee supply of between 4,000 and 8,000 tonnes per annum in the differing monthly supply volumes required by the project. Quotations sought from partners able to supply on the basis above including a fixed price for Year 1 and the ability to exit the contract at end of first year if the University wishes to, resulted in only the selected supplier being able to meet our requirement. This was also affordable against the BIFoR budgetary constraints. Clear requests for compliant quotations made to all parties able to supply the required volumes with the additional contractual requirements resulted in only one compliant bid.

Other Information

Financial Value based on expected maximum volumes for full term of contract. These may be called off on a framework agreement call off basis