Ireland – Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – LA3798C - UL - CFT for the Supply and Delivery of a Coastal and Offshore Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) for University of Limerick (UL)
Issued by Education Procurement Service (EPS) · via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)
- Published
- 11 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 2 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC
- Value
- EUR 16,56,000
- Reference
- 628102-2026
- Location
- Ireland
- Sector
- Manufacturing & Supply
- Type
- goods
Details
University of Limerick requests the supply of a Coastal and Offshore Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) of greater than 6.5 metres length overall, to support marine science research, hydrographic and geophysical survey, offshore wind site survey, and climate and habitat monitoring within the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS). The platform will provide a long-endurance, uncrewed survey vessel capable of fully autonomous and remotely piloted operation in coastal and offshore environments, with high-quality station-keeping, an integrated moonpool for deployment and recovery of subsea instrumentation, a towing winch for towed-body operations, and over-the-horizon communications and control.
Lots Lot 1 — LA3798C - UL - CFT for the Supply and Delivery of a Coastal and Offshore Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) for University of Limerick (UL) (estimated 1656000): University of Limerick requests the supply of a Coastal and Offshore Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) of greater than 6.5 metres length overall, to support marine science research, hydrographic and geophysical survey, offshore wind site survey, and climate and habitat monitoring within the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS). The platform will provide a long-endurance, uncrewed survey vessel capable of fully autonomous and remotely piloted operation in coastal and offshore environments, with high-quality station-keeping, an integrated moonpool for deployment and recovery of subsea instrumentation, a towing winch for towed-body operations, and over-the-horizon communications and control.
Buyer: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Buyer country: IRL
Procedure: open
CPV code: 38000000
Full notice, tender documents and how to bid are on the official TED page (link above).
Context for bidders
We hold 8 notices from Education Procurement Service (EPS), going back to August 2026 — 5 of them still open. They buy mostly in Manufacturing & Supply, Agriculture & Food and Education & Training. There are 20 open Manufacturing & Supply tenders in Ireland. This one closes in 21 days.
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Documents
- TED-official-notice-628102-2026.pdfDownload (pdf)
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