Extruder for education and research purposes

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences’ (SeAMK) school of food and agriculture seeks to procure a lab or a pilot scale Extruder for education and research purposes. Please note that this document is not a Call for Tenders, tenders or application for participation are not asked with this notice. This document serves as a Prior Information Notice. All the information provided in this Prior Information Notice is preliminary and indicative prior information. In this case, extruder refers to a machine that uses extrusion technique for manufacturing of different kinds of extruded foodstuffs. The equipment is intended to be used in the “Future Frami Food Lab” demonstration and pilot environment at the School of Food and Agriculture of Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. The demonstration and pilot environment has been built as part of the “Future Frami Food Lab” project, which began in January 2023. The demonstration environment increases the awareness of technology opportunities among companies in the region and lowers the threshold for SMEs to introduce the latest food technology applications. The demonstration environment is utilized in SeAMK's corporate co-operation and in the long term, also in teaching in a multidisciplinary way, serving more educational programs.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION This is a prior information notice (request for information). The Contracting Authority may request comments concerning the preliminary Call for Tenders from those who answer to the RFI. This Prior Information Notice (RFI) does not bind the Contracting Authority to make any procurement based on this request. Participation to this RFI does not in any way bind any party in a potential future Call for Tenders. Suppliers who refrain from participating in this RFI are equally allowed to participate to the potential future Call for Tenders. The purpose of this request for information is to survey the market and potential tenderers who are able to deliver the subject matter of procurement. Please note that this document is not a Call for Tenders. This document serves as a Prior Information Notice, tenders or application for participation are not asked with this notice. All the information provided in this Prior Information Notice is preliminary and indicative prior information. MARKET DIALOGUE The purpose of the market dialogue is to get answers to open questions, so that the Call for Tenders meets the needs of the contracting authority and is also functional from the point of view of the companies operating in the market. Compensation is not paid for attending the market dialogue. Hansel Ltd. acts in a consultative role in procurement. REGISTRATION Interested suppliers are kindly requested to register to kilpailutus@hansel.fi, no later than on 10th of May 2023, by 12.00 EET. Please send the full name of your company and its contact person, including the person's e-mail address. Please write into the subject field of the email "SeAMK - Extruder for education and research purposes ". The questions are planned to be sent by the end of May 2023.

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