# Pre-qualification, High Current Induction & DC Superimposed Impulse Test Rigs

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult](/buyers/offshore-renewable-energy-catapult/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: HIGHVOLT Prueftechnik Dresden GmbH
- Award value: £745,400
- Tender value: £850,000
- Award date: 28 March 2018
- Published: 24 April 2018
- Contract start: 29 March 2018
- Contract end: 28 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 0060358a-8b0e-4125-91be-18614d803f9e-212781
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d5f10bcf-9f8b-47c3-8f49-c5fc3f131db8

## Description

Lot 1: Pre-qualification Test Supply Rig - for testing of submarine export cables in alternating current \(AC\)\. Able to accommodate testing of cables up to a maximum length of 150m with potential voltage levels of interest\. This will also be used to test cables with simulated submarine operational stresses including accelerated aging and thermal cycling\. Lot 2 - High Current Induction Rig - able to accommodate testing of cables up to a maximum length of150m with potential voltage levels of interest\. This will also be used to test cables with simulated submarine operational stresses including accelerated aging and thermal cycling; and Lot 3 - Upgrade of existing laboratory equipment for superimposed impulse testing of HVDC cables - using the ORE Catapult' existing 1 MV DC power supply to carry out superimposed impulse testing\. This shall include the provision of suitable data acquisition and measurement systems associated with Lots 1 &2\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0060358a-8b0e-4125-91be-18614d803f9e-212781)