This tender is for the acquisition of marine ROV systems by the University of Limerick suitable for inspection and intervention on Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) infrastructure.

Description

The acquired ROV should be a vehicle with good thrust to drag ratio developed for sub-sea applications in off shore wind or similar. The system is required to have: high precision positioning and navigation systems; camera and lighting systems, sonar (including accommodation of sonar systems already in the possession of the University of Limerick) and other sensors; robot manipulator systems for intervention tasks on energy converter devices, cables, moorings, risers, anchorage, etc. The tender is broken into three related Lots. Lot 1 is the primary lot and represents the MRE ROV vehicle. Lot 2 is of equally of primary importance. Navigation systems used on ROVs are often manufactured by specialist companies so this lot may be quoted for by the same companies as lot 1 and include navigation systems to be integrated with the MRE ROV by the ROV manufacturer / supplier or may be tendered for by specialist navigation equipment companies / manufacturers. Lot 3 is for Launch And Recovery System (LARS) and Tether Management Systems (TMS) for the ROV of Lot 1. Tenders may be submitted for all three lots or for individual lots.