Provision of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Spares and In Service Support

Concepts

• unmanned underwater vehicles
• bristol
• service support
• spares
• rov
• spares and in service support
• a work class remotely operated vehicle
• a remotely operated vehicle
• vehicle
• remotely

Location

Bristol

Description

Procurement of a Work Class Remotely Operated Vehicle (WROV) with the provision of spares and in-service support.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 35512400 - Unmanned underwater vehicles

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Salvage and Marine Operations (SALMO), part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, intends to award a contract (711300452) to Forum Energy Technology (UK) Ltd (‘FET’) for the provision of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Spares and In Service Support. The contract has an estimated value of £18M and a duration of 2 years and 9 months. It is considered that the award of this contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 7(1)(a) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulation (DSPCR) 2011 for national security reasons. SALMO have determined that currently only FET can supply the ROV that fully meets all the Key User Requirements (KUR’s) which are: Depth rating and ability to upgrade to threshold; Payload Capacity; Operating System and INS – ability to dynamically position; UK Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).

Other Information

This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency.