Hysbysiad dyfarnu contract
Canlyniadau'r weithdrefn gaffael
Adran I:
Endid
contractio
I.1) Enw a chyfeiriad
Natural Resources Wales
Ty Cambria House, 29 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0TP
UK
Person cyswllt: Alex Jennings
Ffôn: +44 3000653000
E-bost: alexander.jennings@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL
Cyfeiriad(au) rhyngrwyd
Prif gyfeiriad: http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Cyfeiriad proffil y prynwr: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0110
I.4) Y math o awdurdod contractio
Corff a lywodraethir gan gyfraith gyhoeddus
I.5) Prif weithgaredd
Yr Amgylchedd
Adran II: Gwrthrych
II.1) Cwmpas y caffaeliad
II.1.1) Teitl
Aeroflow Sustainable Active Treatment (SAT) Phase 2
II.1.2) Prif god CPV
71241000
II.1.3) Y math o gontract
Gwasanaethau
II.1.4) Disgrifiad byr
Abandoned Metal Mines cause multiple failures of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) standards in Wales, with c.1,300 mines impacting over 700 km of rivers. 11% of our rivers fail their required quality objectives. In the Western Wales River Basin District mine waters cause 23% of water body failures. Nine of the ten catchments most polluted by abandoned mines in the UK are in Wales.
Cambrian Environmental Technologies (CET) has presented a potential alternative solution for treating neutral pH mine water. The CET Aeroflow SAT (Sustainable Active Treatment) system has been developed based on the need for a flexible and adaptive modular system to account for the complexity and site-specific nature of water treatment requirements in a mining context. This purchase is to undertake lab and pilot trials to enable NRW to determine whether Aeroflow SAT is a suitable, alternative treatment method, which could potentially provide resource, energy and waste saving, generating a cost-effective remediation solution.
Following the completion of Phase 1 (lab trials), this VEAT notice is being published to cover the additional costs for Phase 2 (field trials).
II.1.6) Gwybodaeth am lotiau
Mae’r contract hwn wedi’i rannu’n lotiau:
Na
II.1.7) Cyfanswm gwerth y caffaeliad
Gwerth heb gynnwys TAW: 225 920.00 GBP
II.2) Disgrifiad
II.2.2) Cod(au) CPV ychwanegol
71241000
24962000
II.2.3) Man cyflawni
Cod NUTS:
UKL
II.2.4) Disgrifiad o’r caffaeliad
Abandoned metal mines cause multiple failures of WFD standards in Wales, with c.1,300 mines impacting over 700 km of rivers. The Failing Waterbodies Report (Coal Authority, 2020) commissioned by NRW identified that remedial works at the 129 highest priority sites would be circa 278 million GBP. The Metal Mine Programme is therefore committed to identifying new treatment technologies that could reduce on-going operation and maintenance costs.
Typical categorisation of active or passive treatment systems does not account for recent technological advancement. Passive systems typically require maintenance/refurbishment during their whole life (40 years) to ensure that performance remains effective, enabling metal removal. Fully active systems, such as High Density Sludge (HDS), often have high CAPEX and OPEX costs, and a large constituent of OPEX are energy and reagent costs as well as sludge disposal. Spent media in passive systems and sludge possess high metal content and current advice is that this must be disposed of as hazardous waste to landfill in England. Metal recovery from sludge is also difficult, warranting separate research and development. At higher mine water flow rates, greater energy or treatment media is required, increasing costs.
CET has presented a potential alternative solution for treating circum-neutral pH mine water. CET is a newly formed 50/50 joint venture research company owned and managed by Mine Environment Management Ltd (MEM) and Maelgwyn Mineral Services Ltd (MMS). CET has created a technical team from MMS and MEM that has identified degassing circum-neutral mine water using the MMS-patented Aachen™ reactor and oxidation using patented slot aerator can increase the pH sufficiently enabling sorption to remove metals.
The CET Aeroflow SAT system has been developed based on the need for a flexible and adaptive modular system to account for the complexity and site-specific nature of water treatment requirements in a mining context. Degassing and oxidation as options have the potential to be less expensive in material, energy and carbon than traditional HDS systems. Metal removal by sorption can be achieved by adding media, with the process eliminating or vastly reducing sludge production, improving potential metal recovery and reducing residual waste costs.
The Aeroflow SAT provides an opportunity to develop a flexible, cost-effective and more sustainable remediation solution for our treatment toolbox with lower energy and waste disposal costs.
Following the completion of Phase 1 (lab trials), this VEAT notice is being published to cover the additional costs for Phase 2 (field trials).
II.2.5) Meini prawf dyfarnu
Price
II.2.11) Gwybodaeth am opsiynau
Opsiynau:
Na
II.2.13) Gwybodaeth am Gronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd
Mae'r broses gaffael yn gysylltiedig â phrosiect a/neu raglen a ariennir gan gronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd:
Na
Section IV: Gweithdrefn
IV.1) Disgrifiad
IV.1.1) Y math o weithdrefn
Dyfarnu contract heb gyhoeddi galwad am gystadleuaeth yng Nghyfnodolyn Swyddogol yr Undeb Ewropeaidd ymlaen llaw
Cyfiawnhau'r weithdrefn ddyfarnu a ddewiswyd:
Mae’r caffaeliad y tu allan i gwmpas cymhwysiad y gyfarwyddeb
Esboniad
This arrangement is in accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) & (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) which allows for the negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts where (b) the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator due to (ii) competition being absent for technical reasons or (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.
MMS has registered exclusive patented Intellectual Property rights which are required for the Aeroflow SAT system. The first is the Aachen™ reactor system (Patent No: EP 1831411) used originally when capturing gold pulp of a defined fraction. The patent application was submitted in 2006 and is valid for a period of 20 years.
The second is the slot aerator system (Patent No: EP 2054143) a device for dispersing a gas into a liquid. The patent application was submitted in 2007 and is valid for a period of 20 years.
These patents will be combined in the trials to enable effective degassing and safe removal of metals.
Addressing the caveat that no reasonable alternatives or substitutes need to exist in order for regulations (ii) & (iii) to be used; whilst other active or passive metal mine water treatment systems exist, they either produce hazardous sludge or spent media. Whilst each mine site has its own demands typical to the constraints present, no treatment methodology known has the potential to be considered as an alternative to the Aeroflow SAT solution in this instance. The Aeroflow SAT offers an opportunity to future-proof the Metal (Non-Coal) Mine Programme, providing an alternative treatment solution that is both cost-effective and sustainable with significantly lower energy and waste disposal costs. The two patented technologies to degas and oxidise the mine water aiding subsequent treatment, capture and removal of metals, offer long-term savings to the public purse.
IV.1.8) Gwybodaeth am Gytundeb Caffael y Llywodraeth (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Ydy
IV.2) Gwybodaeth weinyddol
IV.2.1) Cyhoeddiad blaenorol mewn perthynas â’r weithdrefn hon
Rhif yr hysbysiad yn OJ S:
2023/S 000-035154
Section V: Dyfarnu contract
Dyfernir contract/lot:
Ydy
V.2 Dyfarnu contract
V.2.1) Y dyddiad y daeth y contract i ben
04/03/2024
V.2.2) Gwybodaeth am dendrau
Nifer y tendrau a ddaeth i law: 1
Nifer y tendrau a ddaeth i law gan BBaChau: 1
Nifer y tendrau a dderbyniwyd gan dendrwyr o Aelod-wladwriaethau yr UE: 0
Nifer y tendrau a dderbyniwyd gan dendrwyr o Aelod-wladwriaethau nad ydynt yn aelodau o'r UE: 1
Nifer y tendrau a ddaeth i law drwy ddulliau electronig: 0
Dyfarnwyd y contract i gr?p o weithredwyr economaidd:
Na
V.2.3) Enw a chyfeiriad y contractwr
Cambrian Environmental Technologies Ltd
Innovation Centre Festival Drive, Victoria Business Park
Ebbw Vale
NP238XA
UK
Ffôn: +44 7407062175
NUTS: UKL16
BBaCh yw’r contractwr:
Ydy
V.2.4) Gwybodaeth am werth y contract/lot (heb gynnwys VAT)
Cyfanswm gwerth y contract/lot: 168 267.15 GBP
V.2.5) Gwybodaeth am is-gontractio
Section VI: Gwybodaeth ategol
VI.3) Gwybodaeth ychwanegol
(WA Ref:139600)
VI.4) Gweithdrefnau adolygu
VI.4.1) Corff adolygu
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Ffôn: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Dyddiad anfon yr hysbysiad hwn
05/03/2024