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title: "Pre-Commercial Procurement: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP)."
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# Pre-Commercial Procurement: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP).

Buyer: LEAD PROCURER: WAVE ENERGY SCOTLAND LIMITED  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c2fc

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## Summary

The procurement process is led by Wave Energy Scotland Limited (WES) for a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) titled "Pre-Commercial Procurement: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP)." This initiative is categorised under research and experimental development services and aims to support the development of wave energy technology. The procurement is currently in the active tender stage, with bids open until 1st October 2021. The estimated total value for the project is approximately €16,333,333, and the contract will extend over a period of 1590 days, covering three phases of development. The project aims to stimulate innovation in the renewable energy sector, particularly wave energy conversion systems, at locations in the UK and Spain.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses engaged in research, engineering, and renewable energy sectors, particularly those with expertise in wave energy technology and related fields. Companies skilled in design, development, and testing of renewable energy systems, particularly in ocean energy, would be well-suited to participate. With the potential for multiple contractors to be awarded contracts under the PCP model, businesses can expect not only financial benefits but also the opportunity to contribute to advancing clean energy solutions in a collaborative environment.

## Notice

This contract notice invites interested operators to submit tenders for the EuropeWave pre-commercial procurement (PCP). The EuropeWave PCP aims to accelerate the design, development, and demonstration of cost-effective wave energy converter (WEC) systems to produce clean electricity, advance promising designs for wave energy converter systems to a point from which they are ready to proceed to a first of a kind commercial-scale design and testing programme and commercial exploitation through other national/regional programmes and/or private sector investment. The main technical challenges to be addressed may be expressed in terms of: - Performance - obtain quantitative evidence of power capture and conversion capability and increase confidence in yield predictions from simulations. - Survivability - demonstrate effective survival strategies. - Availability - demonstrate levels of availability through reliable prototype operation. - Affordability - increase confidence in estimations of the technology costs (capital and operational) and the requirements to achieve a LCOE which is competitive in the target market. The culmination of the EuropeWave PCP programme (Phase 3) will see prototypes, at substantial scale and with fully representative subsystems, deployed at the open-water facilities of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland and the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque Country and operated for a minimum period to demonstrate device performance, reliability and cost. Physical model testing in earlier phases is expected to take place in Instituto de Hidraulica Ambiental de Cantabria (IHC) and FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility (FloWave). This joint procurement exercise is being undertaken by Wave Energy Scotland in its role of lead procurer acting in the name and on behalf of the procurers of the EuropeWave buyers group: - Wave Energy Scotland, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA, Scotland, UK (Company number SC493764); - Ente Vasco de la Energia, Alameda de Urquijo 36, 1, Bilbao 48011, Basque Country, Spain (Company number Q5150001E), NUTS code: ES2, https://www.eve.eus.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement takes the form of a pre-commercial procurement (PCP). In a PCP, R&D service contracts are awarded to several R&D service providers in parallel to progressively develop solutions in a phased approach. This allows the procurers to compare several design solutions in a competitive environment. The EuropeWave PCP combines the phased approach of the PCP model, a stage-gated industrial development process, and an international evaluation and guidance framework for ocean energy technology. Each selected operator will be awarded a framework agreement that covers up to three R&D phases: Phase 1: Concept development Phase 2: Design/modelling Phase 3: Open-sea deployment & testing programme After each phase, intermediate evaluations will be carried out to progressively select the best of the competing solutions. The contractors with the best-value-for-money solutions will be offered a call-off contract for the next phase, under the framework agreement. Phase 1 is expected to start in January 2022. Phase 3 is expected to start in September 2023 and conclude in May 2026. The selected operators will retain ownership of the intellectual property rights (IPRs) that they generate during the PCP and will be able to use them to exploit the full market potential of the developed solutions. This procurement receives funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under grant agreement No 883751. The EU is not participating as a contracting authority in the procurement.

Options: Unused budget in Phase 1 and/or Phase 2 may be carried over to the next phase. See TD01 Request for Tenders section 4.2 for further information.

Renewal: The Lead Procurer reserves the right to extend the duration of the framework agreement or any call-off contracts from it (time extensions only).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015241-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Jul 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Oct 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £16,333,333 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEAD PROCURER: WAVE ENERGY SCOTLAND LIMITED |
| Additional buyers | EUROPEAN UNION |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV2 5NA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness South |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 76 - Services related to the oil and gas industry

### Codes

- 71300000 - Engineering services
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
- 76000000 - Services related to the oil and gas industry

## Release History

- 2 Jul 2021 at 14:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015241-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.europewave.eu
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
- https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/innovation-procurement
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:102591-2021:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.eve.eus
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=650423
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24283
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

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