Published date: 1 March 2019

Last edited date: 1 March 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Marine equipment - 34930000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

ITT-USBL-MARINEi131_B

Published date

1 March 2019

Closing date

18 March 2019

Contract start date

22 April 2019

Contract end date

30 April 2019

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

1 Background/Introduction
Ultrabeam have been in business for 10 months and specialise in providing high resolution 3D sonar and laser marine asset surveys.
Procurement of these goods and services is part of a ERDF grant funded application process and therefore subject to grant approval of the project as a whole. We will compare tenders received on a compliance basis only.
2 Project Specifications
This tender is to provide an ultra short base line (USBL) positioning system that includes the further operational required extras of 3 x USBL beacons, two USBL beacon chargers, 30m deck cable and 8m deck cable. The USBL will be used in a custom R&D application so must conform to the following specification to meet the high accuracy requirements of this project.
USBL System:
• 0.2% slant range accuracy when optimised
• 1000m tracking range
• 3Hz target position update rate
• True simultaneous tracking of up to 10 targets
• Better than 15mm range precision
• Ability to send and receive 6G Wideband V2+ channels
USBL Beacons:
• 1000m depth rating
• 19-34kHz operating frequency
• Omni-directional
• +/-0.5% full scale depth sensor
• Transmit and receive 6G Wideband V2+ channels
•
PLEASE COMPLETE THE COMPLIANCY MATRIX AT ANNEX 1 as part of your tender response

3 ITT Timetable
The anticipated timetable for submission of the tender and commission milestones are set out below:
Activity Date
Date ITT available on Contracts Finder 1 March 2019
Last date for raising queries 12 March 2019
Last date for clarifications to queries 16 March 2019
Deadline to return ITT 18 March 2019
Evaluation of ITT 21 March 2019
Award of Contract This is subject to successfully obtaining grant funding and will normally be no later than 90 days from contract evaluation

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About the buyer

Contact name

Gabriel Walton

Address

71-75 Shelton Street,Covent Garden
LONDON
WC2H9JQ
England

Telephone

07926149876

Email

gabriel.walton@ultrahydrographic.com