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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: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000650423

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## Summary

The public procurement process involves a tender initiated by Wave Energy Scotland Limited for the project titled "Pre-Commercial Procurement: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP)." This procurement falls under the services category, focusing on technology research and development within the energy industry. The primary location for activities includes Scotland and the Basque Country, with significant milestones to note: the tender submission deadline occurred on 1 October 2021, while the contract was awarded on 21 March 2022, with an estimated total value of €16,333,333 for the pre-commercial procurement phases.

This project offers substantial opportunities for businesses involved in research and development within the renewable energy sector, specifically those specialising in wave energy technologies. Companies capable of innovative design, engineering, and deployment of energy systems, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, may find it advantageous to engage. The framework agreement allows for a competitive environment as multiple contractors will be selected, enabling the successful bidders to retain intellectual property rights for solutions developed during the procurement process.

## Notice

This contract award notice informs interested operators about the outcome of a tender. On 7 July 2021, a contract notice was published in TED as part of the EU project EuropeWave to purchase R&D services from a number of R&D providers in parallel (PCP procurement). The PCP procurement compared competing alternative solution approaches to address the following challenge: 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 are: -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 -Ente Vasco de la Energia

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The procurement was announced in 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 started 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. A total budget of 16 333 333 EUR was earmarked for awarding the contracts to a minimum of: - Minimum 5 / anticipated 7 contractors for phase 1 - Minimum 4 / anticipated 5 contractors for phase 2 and - Minimum 3 contractors for phase 3. The abstracts of the winning tenders are available on europewave.eu.

Options: Unused budget in Phase 1 and/or Phase 2 may be carried over to the subsequent phases.

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 | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR444301 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Mar 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Oct 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Mar 2022 |
| 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 | £16,333,333 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEAD PROCURER: WAVE ENERGY SCOTLAND LIMITED |
| Additional buyers | ENTE VASCO DE LA ENERGÍA |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 7 |
| Supplier names | AMOG CONSULTING; ARRECIFE ENERGY SYSTEMS; BOMBORA WAVE POWER EUROPE; CETO WAVE ENERGY IRELAND; IDOM CONSULTING, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE S.A.U.; MOCEAN ENERGY; WAVERAM |

## 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

- 22 Mar 2022 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR444301
- 2 Jul 2021 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL420142

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=13
  13th September 2021 - TD06 Financial Offer and Cost Breakdown
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=28
  13th September 2021 - TD06 Financial Offer and Cost Breakdown v2
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=27
  23rd July 2021 - EuropeWave - information webinar Q&A
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=14
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 1 -General Declaration
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=15
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 1 Annex A - Consortium Power of Attorney
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=16
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 1 Annex B - Subcontractor Declaration
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=17
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 1 Annex C - Project Team Details
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=18
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 2- Exclusion Criteria Declaration
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=19
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 3 - Selection Criteria Declaration
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=20
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 4 - Compliance Criteria Declaration
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=21
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 4 Annex A - Background
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=22
  2nd July 2021 - TD07 Form 5 - Financial Offer - Phase 1 Declaration (Form of Tender)
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=23
  2nd July 2021 - TD08 Market Consultation - Questions and Answers
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=24
  2nd July 2021 - TD09 Documentation Checklist
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=25
  2nd July 2021 - HIE Conflicts of Interest Policy
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=26
  2nd July 2021 - WES Conflicts of Interest Guidance
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=1
  2nd July 2021 - TD01 Request for Tenders
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=2
  2nd July 2021 - TD02 PCP Challenge
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=3
  2nd July 2021 - TD02 Annex A Phase 1 Testing
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=4
  2nd July 2021 - TD02 Annex B Phase 1 Test Site Fact Sheet
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=5
  2nd July 2021 - TD03 Framework Agreement
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=6
  2nd July 2021 - TD04 Terms and Conditions - Phase call-off contract (Phase 1)
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=7
  2nd July 2021 - TD04 On demand Advance Payment Guarantee
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=8
  2nd July 2021 - Useful links - extracts from RfT
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=9
  2nd July 2021 - TD05 Technical Offer
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=10
  2nd July 2021 - TD05 Technical Offer - Annex A - Abstract
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=11
  2nd July 2021 - TD05 Technical Offer - Annex B - Technology Risk Register
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL420142&idx=12
  2nd July 2021 - TD05 Technical Offer - Annex C - Project Risk Register
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL420142
  Pre-Commercial Procurement: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP). - 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.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR444301
  Pre-Commercial Procurement: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP). - This contract award notice informs interested operators about the outcome of a tender. On 7 July 2021, a contract notice was published in TED as part of the EU project EuropeWave to purchase R&D services from a number of R&D providers in parallel (PCP procurement). The PCP procurement compared competing alternative solution approaches to address the following challenge: 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 are: -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 -Ente Vasco de la Energia

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.europewave.eu
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://amog.consulting/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000650423
- https://bomborawave.com/
- https://www.arrecifesystems.com/
- https://www.carnegiece.com/ceto-technology/
- https://www.eve.eus
- https://www.idom.com/
- https://www.mocean.energy/

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