Published date: 2 February 2023

Last edited date: 2 February 2023

This notice was replaced on 25 August 2023

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Awarded contract (published 25 August 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Subsea control systems - 43135100

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£3,610,000

Procurement reference

tender_351701/1175334

Published date

2 February 2023

Closing date

3 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 April 2023

Contract end date

30 March 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Navy Command have a requirement for a Containerised Remotely Operated Towed Vehicle (ROTV) system capability. The vehicle will provide an accurate, steerable, open and flexible multi sensor platform to be deployed for a wide variety of underwater data acquisition and inspection applications. The ROTV will operate in a Seabed Warfare system of systems and must be able to operate a number of acoustic survey sensors and instruments simultaneously, ensuring maximum usage of ship time. The body and sensors need to operate effectively down to a sea depth of 1000m.The intent is for this vehicle to be operated from but not limited to the Multi Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) Seabed Warfare Platform. The solution should be able to perform the following functions:
- Pipeline inspection.
- Large area searches and MCM.
- Site surveys and seafloor mapping.
- Cable route surveys.
- High resolution object detection.
- Oceanographic data collection through the water column.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Eleni Bekele

Address

NAVY COMMAND
Portsmouth
PO2 8BY
England

Telephone

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Email

eleni.bekele100@mod.gov.uk