# Expressions of Interest - Remote Controlled Surface Platform

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Defence](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Published: 22 July 2022
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 4a350d0d-c72c-454f-b209-4dcc35f0fbd1-556823
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a34ccb50-1d7e-47a3-8e8f-abb95b724471

## Description

Dstl is seeking to procure a proven COTS or modified COTS boat that meets the following requirements\. - The system and all subsystems shall be capable of operating under remote control by a human within line of sight\. - Meets UK existing and planned Maritime Regulations \(MCA\) for remote controlled / autonomous platforms\. - Shall fit inside a 20ft ISO container \(disassembled if required\) - Shall have the buoyancy and configuration to enable a winch \(GFE\) to lift a 1000kg mass \(with a 400kg safety factor\) from the seabed to 3m below the craft\. - Must be able to transit 10 miles from point of departure to recovery location at 6 knots, loiter for up to 8hrs in a two knot current and sea-state F3, transit 10 miles back\. - Must be capable of dynamic station-keeping \(location and heading\) over a given point in sea-state F3 within a 5m radius Dstl would like to hear from manufacturers who have boats that meet, or even nearly meet, these requirements\. Please email up to a maximum of two A4 pages to hlander@dstl\.gov\.uk of specification, drawings and photographs of the proposed craft as well as a table stating if the craft meets the requirements and if it does not, what it can do and how, if possible, it could be modified to do so\. A ROM cost of the craft is desirable\. Additional information in response to clarification question: Dstl has an ongoing project to determine if an underwater remote operated vehicle \(ROV\) and a remote controlled surface platform \(RCSP\) can be used to raise unexploded ordnance \(UXO\) from the sea bed\. The UXO can have a mass of up to 1000kg\. The RCSP will need to be able to cope with a transitory load of up to 1400kg to allow for any breakout forces when the UXO is lifted off the seabed\. The RCSP will be fitted with a GFE winch\. The ROV will attach the winch line to the UXO which will then be raised to within 3m of the RCSP\. The RCSP will then transport it to a safe area for disposal\. The RCSP will be within sight of a crewed support vessel at all times\. The requirement to fit inside a 20ft ISO container cannot be relaxed\. However the RCSP can be disassembled to fit inside it\. Winch Specifications - the winch will be procured via a separate competition so we cannot yet provide exact information\. However we will be looking to procure a winch that meets the following specifications: - Shall be able to lift 1 Ton payload plus 0\.4 Ton safety factor - Shall include 250m of pre-stretched synthetic winch line - Shall be able to operate from a 12v or 24v d\.c\. power source - Size of the winch shall be less than or equal to 750x750x750mm - Overall weight shall be less than 200kg

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a350d0d-c72c-454f-b209-4dcc35f0fbd1-556823)