Innovating for Soft Plastic in a Circular Economy

Environmental Protection Agency

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) falls under the category of pre-commercial procurement (PCP). The Environmental Protection Agency is leading a challenge under Enterprise Ireland’s SBIR Ireland programme to seek solutions to reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging used in school meals and to reduce the carbon footprint of schools by cutting plastic packaging waste generation. Currently, meals are provided packaged in a range of containers and soft-plastic wrappers that are disposed of in the residual waste bin. There is an opportunity to bring sustainability into this area, to reduce the amount of non-recyclable and single-use plastic packaging in the provision of school meals and to look at potential new business models such as reusable packaging. This framework covers two phases of the SBIR competition — Phase 1 (technical feasibility) and Phase 2A (development and prototype demonstration).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-08-19. The procurement was published on 2020-06-24.

Suppliers

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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-24 Contract notice
2020-12-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Reference number: 171736
Short description:
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) falls under the category of pre-commercial procurement (PCP). The Environmental Protection Agency is leading a challenge under Enterprise Ireland’s SBIR Ireland programme to seek solutions to reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging used in school meals and to reduce the carbon footprint of schools by cutting plastic packaging waste generation. Currently, meals are provided packaged in a range of containers and soft-plastic wrappers that are disposed of in the residual waste bin. There is an opportunity to bring sustainability into this area, to reduce the amount of non-recyclable and single-use plastic packaging in the provision of school meals and to look at potential new business models such as reusable packaging. This framework covers two phases of the SBIR competition — Phase 1 (technical feasibility) and Phase 2A (development and prototype demonstration).
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research and development services and related consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Environmental Protection Agency
Postal address: Headquarters
Postal code: PO Box 3000
Postal town: Johnstown Castle Estate
Contact
Internet address: http://www.epa.ie 🌏
E-mail: a.murphy@epa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 539160600 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169178&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169178&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-06-24 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-08-19 📅
Publication date: 2020-06-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 123-301787
OJ-S issue: 123

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 195 122 EUR 💰
Short description:
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) falls under the category of pre-commercial procurement (PCP), which involves the purchase of research by a Government entity undertaken with the objective of stimulating innovation that the contracting authority or some other party may benefit from at a later stage when goods or services not currently available are developed from the outcomes of the research.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is leading a challenge under Enterprise Ireland’s SBIR Ireland programme to seek solutions to reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging used in school meals and to reduce the carbon footprint of schools by cutting plastic packaging waste generation. Currently, meals are provided packaged in a range of containers and soft-plastic wrappers that are disposed of in the residual waste bin. There is an opportunity to bring sustainability into this area, to reduce the amount of non-recyclable and single-use plastic packaging in the provision of school meals and to look at potential new business models such as reusable packaging.
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This framework covers two phases of the SBIR competition - Phase 1 (technical feasibility) and Phase 2A (development and prototype demonstration). Phase 2A is dependent on successful completion of Phase 1 and may be awarded to selected Phase 1 contractors only. Phase 2B is at the sole discretion of the Challenge Owner for companies that successfully complete Phase 2A, where invitations to contract for further research and developing solutions are proposed.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 195 122 EUR 💰
Duration: 10 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As detailed in the tender documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2020-08-19 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Abigail Murphy
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/334 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169178&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Postal town: Dublin
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: As applicable
Source: OJS 2020/S 123-301787 (2020-06-24)
Contract award notice (2020-12-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) falls under the category of pre-commercial procurement (PCP). The Environmental Protection Agency is leading a challenge under Enterprise Ireland’s SBIR Ireland programme to seek solutions to reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging used in school meals and to reduce the carbon footprint of schools by cutting plastic packaging waste generation. Currently, meals are provided packaged in a range of containers and soft-plastic wrappers that are disposed of in the residual waste bin. There is an opportunity to bring sustainability into this area, to reduce the amount of non-recyclable and single-use plastic packaging in the provision of school meals and to look at potential new business models such as reusable packaging. This framework covers two phases of the SBIR competition - Phase 1 (technical feasibility) and Phase 2A (development and prototype demonstration).
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Total value of the procurement: 19 995 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-12-14 📅
Publication date: 2020-12-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 247-613703
Refers to notice: 2020/S 123-301787
OJ-S issue: 247

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This framework covers two phases of the SBIR competition — Phase 1 (technical feasibility) and Phase 2A (development and prototype demonstration). Phase 2A is dependent on successful completion of Phase 1 and may be awarded to selected Phase 1 contractors only. Phase 2B is at the sole discretion of the Challenge Owner for companies that successfully complete Phase 2A, where invitations to contract for further research and developing solutions are proposed.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Addressing the challenge and commercial potential (30)
Quality criterion (weighting): 19
Quality criterion (name): Technical solution (30)
Resources, skills and experience and project management (40)
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Cost criterion (name): How appropriate is the proposal financially?
Cost criterion (weighting): 5

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-03-23 📅
Name: Radical Innovations Group AB
National registration number: FI28901265
Postal address: Företagaregatan 17
Postal town: Vaasa
Postal code: 65380
Country: Finland 🇫🇮
Phone: +358 503030712 📞
E-mail: ksankaran@rigv.fi 📧
Internet address: http://www.rigv.fi 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Source: OJS 2020/S 247-613703 (2020-12-14)
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