Anti-pollution ship services

Tender description

A Fleet Minor Trial (FMT) is required to test a number of commercially available ultrasonic antifouling systems onboard RN vessels. In order to further assess the viability of implementing these systems to effectively prevent biofouling on board, 3 different systems from 3 original equipment manufacturers (one supplier per vessel) will be fitted to 3 Batch 1 River Class offshore patrol vessels for the yearlong study. The trial shall last 1 year (to cover all seasons of fouling) and be focused on vessels in similar waters (for comparative fouling gradients). In order to assess the viability of implementing ultrasonic antifouling systems to effectively prevent biofouling on board, 3 different systems from 3 OEMs (one supplier per vessel) will be fitted to 3 Batch 1 River Class OPVs for the yearlong study. The trial shall last one year (to cover all seasons of fouling) and be focused on vessels in similar waters (for comparative fouling gradients). At its conclusion, the supplier will produce an evaluation report comparing the effectiveness of the 3 UAF systems being tested. It will include most appropriate UAF transducer locations, overall effectiveness, and outline any deviation between technology and capability of the three suppliers. As a standalone piece of work, this requirement will not be used to down-select a potential supplier for cross-fleet UAS installation, but rather determine if the variants work to the same degree of efficiency and the applicability of this technology.