Pipeline Framework: Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Bauza – Repair and Upgrade

A pipeline has been launched for Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Bauza – Repair and Upgrade.The contract start Date is 17 December 2021. Approach to market date is 19 November 2021.Quotations are sought for refit and repair to the Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) C-Enduro platform ‘USV Bauza’, on behalf of the University of Plymouth and the Royal Navy. USV Bauza is owned by the Royal Navy, on loan to the university as a collaborative demonstrator for Marine Data Gathering (MDG) roles and conventional academic oceanography. USV Bauza is a C Enduro class, uncrewed surface vessel built by ASV global (Now L3 Harris) in 2017. It was designed as a long endurance, uncrewed, remote controlled/autonomous marine surface vehicle, used to collect data at sea through the integration of a bespoke payload suite. To this purpose, companies are invited to review the specification document and propose quotations for services to refit USV Bauza to sea acceptance and serviceable use.We are working to a budget of or around £50,000.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH, Drake Circus, PLYMOUTH PL48AA. Tel: 01752 582057. Email: procurement@plymouth.ac.uk (Procurement Team)