Published date: 25 March 2019
This notice was replaced on 11 June 2019
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Awarded contract (published 11 June 2019)
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Contract summary
Industry
Survey vessels - 34513550
Specialised boats - 34521000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£296,667
Procurement reference
EW/UoP/Autonomous_Vessel/011/019
Published date
25 March 2019
Closing date
22 April 2019
Contract start date
21 May 2019
Contract end date
31 October 2019
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?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
As a delivery partner of the Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC), the University of Plymouth (UoP) will procure one unmanned surface vessel (USV) to deliver collaborative research, development and innovation activities with Devon-based SME companies. This asset will be a new collaborative platform for the university's academic and technical expertise in: marine sensing, survey, naval architecture, advanced materials, environmental assessment, marine physics, marine biology, navigation and cyber security.
As such, the USV will be the tool with which the UoP Specialist Technician can undertake sea trials and various collaborative validation and development activities for new products and services (e.g. marine monitoring instruments) with project beneficiaries. Key to the requirement is a defined interchangeable dry and wet payload. This will enable the university to offer defined measurement limits to accommodate hardware and allow for interchangeable payloads between trials. The degree of 'autonomy' the USV has must range from full remote piloting through to fully autonomous operation.
In addition, the USV will be capable of forming part of an autonomous 'system of systems', i.e. be able to interact and collaborate with other unmanned systems as part of a nonhomogeneous surface and sub-surface fleet.
This is a European Regional Funded project.
For full access to the documents please register and express an interest in our e-tendering portal:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/plymouthuni
About the buyer
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PLYMOUTH
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Telephone
01752 582057
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