Marine equipment

Tender 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 3 related Lots. This Lot 1 lists specification requirements for the base MRE ROV system including: base vehicle platform; thrusters; control systems; power systems, camera and lighting systems; hydraulic systems, manipulator systems; ROV cabling; umbilical winch for free swimming operation; pilot control cabin; etc. The MRE ROV will have payload and integration options for high precision navigation systems through Lot 2 and tether management and launch and recovery systems through Lot 3. The navigation system consists of inertial navigation system (INS) with aiding sensors (DVL, Pressure sensor, GPS, USBL, LBL), installed, calibrated and tested on the base vehicle of Lot 1. Lot 3 consists of a Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) and a Tether Management System (TMS) suitable for the base vehicle of Lot 1.