CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Development of WaveSub Prototype Deployment System

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Description of the goods or services required

Marine Power Systems (MPS) is developing flexible ocean energy extraction technology that can harness wave energy (WaveSub), wind energy (WindSub) and combined wind and wave energy (DualSub). All the machines share a common floating platform technology developed by and proprietary to MPS that has cost and deployment advantages over other floating platform approaches.

Marine Power Systems (MPS) have developed a deployment concept for use on all of their ocean energy extracting technologies which share a common floating platform. The platform is stayed by a tension leg mooring system.

The deployment system concept provides the pull in and tensioning for the mooring system using primary and secondary chain and chain jack system. The deployment system encompasses these key components as well as the control system and peripheries needed for operation such as hydraulic power supplies and onboard crane.

The work being tendered in this package is to provide a recommendation for the most optimized solution, and the preliminary and detailed design for the deployment system for the full scale WaveSub prototype which will be manufactured in 2021.

The system will need to be designed to work together with other subsystems to enable a safe and efficient deployment process at sea.

The detailed scope is provided in D-WPAC-18 and will be provided to applicants on completion of an NDA.

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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

This work package is to support the one-off prototype full scale WaveSub device. Tasks will be split between preliminary design and detailed design for the deployment system. At the end of each phase there will be review and sign-off activities required, prior to progressing to the next phase of the project.

After the completion of the detailed design phase, the learning from the detailed design of the full-scale prototype deployment system to the design of the first Production Intent system.

Manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and sea trial testing are outside the scope of this work package and will be covered in subsequent, separate tenders.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

Previous demonstrable experience providing mooring tensioning systems and/or chain jacking solutions; and also in lifting appliance design or specification.

Evidence must be given of the suppliers quality, safety and environmental processes, for example confirming if the company is ISO 9001, 14001 compliant or equivalent.

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Single stage - Any candidate may submit a tender.

(WA Ref:103432)

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: This project will form part of a WEFO funded Operation.

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice