Beschrijving van de aanbesteding
The framework agreement has an estimated value of EUR 5 000 000 per year (VAT excluded). This estimated value entails – indicatively – the maximum estimated value (net of VAT) of the research and development activities to take place during all stages of the envisaged partnership as well as of the supplies, services or works to be developed and procured at the end of the envisaged partnership. (I.e. the purchase of the R&D services and the deployment of solutions for the upcycling or recycling of aluminium based sludges from drinking water treatment).
The innovation partnership will be used by Alu Circles for a co-creation process with water utilities and researchers in a multi-stage process. The procedure is based on the rules that apply to negotiated procedures with prior call for competition and framework agreements are awarded on the sole basis of the best price-quality ratio, which is most suitable for comparing tenders for innovative solutions.
The innovation partnership procedure will follow the next steps:
1) development of a design (as part of the award criteria of the procurement procedure);
2) testing methods in a lab environment (if applicable);
3) testing methods in a relevant pilot environment as a real live pilot application;
4) the deployment and implementation of solutions/methods/processes.
In this case, after the R&D, each member of the buyers’ group could have the option to purchase the resulting solutions/methods/processes, but is not obliged to do so.
During the framework agreement and as part of the deployment phase, the contractor shall develop, prepare, and submit value engineering change proposals (VECP's). Value engineering is a contractual arrangement that requires the contractor to identify and submit methods to optimise the value and the cost of the framework agreement. The contractor shall attempt to add features that add value and/or eliminate, without impairing essential functions or characteristics, anything that increases acquisition, operation or support costs.
The CPV codes of this procurement procedure are: 73100000, 73300000 and 90733400-8.