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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: RFI012 – Launch and Recovery of Uncrewed Systems
2. Awarding Authority:
Ministry of Defence
Whale Island

Portsmouth
England
PO2 8BY
Contact: Rosemary Wright
Email: NAVYCOMRCL-Sourcing@mod.gov.uk
Phone:
URL:
3. Contract Type:
4. Description: See RFI for full details

The Royal Navy envisions that Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) will be commonplace in the Royal Navy’s force mix and will be utilised for a range of military roles. Some of these platforms will likely need to be hosted onboard a ship (both existing and future classes).
The authority wishes to understand what solutions suppliers can provide to permit the physical Launch and Recovery (LAR) of USVs and UUVs from ships.
5. CPV Codes:
63726610 – Ship-launching services
6. NUTS Codes: UKJ31
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Any region
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
tender_280112/979994
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Not Provided
10. Start Date:
11. End Date:
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