Anskaffelse av SDU og jumper for LoVe prosjektet 2026 Tender

Havforskningsinstituttet

About this tender

The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet) is procuring a Subsea Distribution Unit (SDU) and an associated jumper for the LoVe project. The SDU must have wet-mate receptacles for a 3 kVAC plug and an 8-fibre plug on the input side, three 230 VAC wet-mate electrical receptacles and three wet-mate optical receptacles (two fibres each) on the output side, and a step-down transformer converting 3 kVAC to 230 VAC housed in a redundant, oil-filled pressure-balanced enclosure. The SDU must be rated to 1000 m depth and have a 20-year design life. Installation of the SDU must not depend on the jumper. The buyer wants the existing SDU structure inspected and reused as far as possible (modifications permitted without loss of 20-year life, subject to buyer approval), and lifting points must be certified. The jumper scope includes offshore work with necessary parts and materials to splice the jumper onto the cable end at position P1, to be performed as agreed with the buyer. The jumper uses a 4-pin wet-mate electrical connector (3 kVAC plug) and an 8-fibre wet-mate optical connector, must be oil-filled, and long enough to reach the SDU receptacles. As with the SDU, the existing jumper structure should be inspected and reused where possible, with modifications subject to approval and no loss of the 20-year life. The procedure is a competitive procedure with negotiation (konkurranse med forhandling) under Directive 2014/24/EU, classified as goods with related services in the oil and gas/offshore sector. Delivery locations are Vestland (NO0A2) and Nordland (NO071), Norway. The contract duration is 24 months and the project is not EU-funded. The notice is a two-stage procedure and includes a strategic procurement objective of reducing environmental impact.

Bidder eligibility

Selection criteria: (1) Enrolment in a trade, professional or commercial register in the supplier's country of establishment (Norwegian firmaattest or equivalent evidence for foreign firms). (2) References: at least three of the supplier's most relevant deliveries in the last three years documenting experience delivering SDUs, with or without jumpers, and/or comparable subsea distribution systems, reported on buyer's reference form (Vedlegg 2), plus a description of technical facilities and equipment. (3) Quality assurance: valid ISO 9001 certificate from an accredited body or equivalent quality measures. (4) Economic and financial capacity: creditworthy without requirement for security, supported by a credit assessment no older than 3 months based on latest accounts, from a licensed credit information provider; buyer assesses profitability, liquidity and positive equity and may obtain its own credit check. Standard EU exclusion grounds (corruption, fraud, insolvency, tax/social security breaches, etc.) and Norwegian national exclusion grounds apply.

How bids are scored

Award criteria include 7.1 Tildelingskriterium 1 – Pris (price), described as a threshold/award criterion; the weighting percentage and any quality criteria split were truncated in the source page and could not be confirmed.

Lots

• Lot LOT-0001: Anskaffelse av SDU og jumper for LoVe prosjektet

  Single lot covering the SDU, the jumper, offshore jumper splicing at P1, and inspection/reuse of existing SDU and jumper structures.

Key requirements

• ✓Subsea Distribution Unit rated to 1000 m depth with 20-year design life
• ✓Wet-mate 3 kVAC and 8-fibre optical connectors, oil-filled redundant step-down transformer
• ✓Jumper with offshore splicing at P1, reuse and modification of existing structures

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About this sector

Ocean and blue economy funding covers marine conservation, sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, coastal resilience and ocean technology. Support comes from public research bodies, development finance and ocean-focused foundations. Calls often favour projects that involve coastal communities and that can be monitored at sea.