Long-range aerial drone with heavy payload and Aerial drone fleet with docking station

Information

Open procedure
05.03.2024 13:21 (GMT+01:00)
02.01.2024 12:00 (GMT+01:00)

Buyer

University of Turku University of Turku
Jaakko Uotila
Yliopistonmäki
20014 Turku
Finland

Tender is cancelled

Short description

The contracting authorities intends to jointly buy:

Long-range aerial drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) with the following mandatory minimum requirements:

- Complies with technical requirements in EASA PDRA-G01 and PDRA-G02

- Typical kinetic energy up to 34 kJ from 120 m altitude

- Maximum characteristic dimension 3 m

- Transport size less than 2 m in diameter

- Payload should be over or equal 6 kg

- The drone should be suitable for vertical take-off and landing.

- The drone will be designed as a field mapping tool for the laser scanners, optical cameras, water quality/quantity sensors, etc. These kinds of instrumentation should be able to be attached onto the drone, occasionally more than one at a time.

- Flight time with 6 kg payload should be at least 120 minutes

- Minimum flight speed of the drone should be 5 m/s or less. Capability also to fly with up to 12 m/s flight speed or more.

- see more closely Lot 1 requirements list

and

Aerial drone fleet with data loading and recharging docking station (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) with the following mandatory minimum requirements:

- with take-off weight less than 25 kg. Total weight not exceeding 25 kg, payload capacity more than 2 kg (payload must be interchangeable e.g., RGB, spectral cameras, lidar). Therefore, these kinds of instrumentations should be able to attach onto the drone.

- Flight time with maximum payload should be at least 30 min

- Minimum flight speed of the drone should be 3 m/s or less. Capability also to fly with up to 8 m/s or more.

- see more closely Lot 2 requirements list

The purchase is divided into two independent parts. Tenderers may offer any or all parts.



Lot nr.: 1

Long-range aerial drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV)

Long-range aerial drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) with the following mandatory minimum requirements:

- Complies with technical requirements in EASA PDRA-G01 and PDRA-G02

- Typical kinetic energy up to 34 kJ from 120 m altitude

- Maximum characteristic dimension 3 m

- Transport size less than 2 m in diameter

- Payload should be over or equal 6 kg

- The drone should be suitable for vertical take-off and landing.

- The drone will be designed as a field mapping tool for the laser scanners, optical cameras, water quality/quantity sensors, etc. These kinds of instrumentation should be able to be attached onto the drone, occasionally more than one at a time.

- Flight time with 6 kg payload should be at least 120 minutes

- Minimum flight speed of the drone should be 5 m/s or less. Capability also to fly with up to 12 m/s flight speed or more.

- Safety systems for landing (e.g. parachute)

- Operation wind conditions, at least up to 12 m/s wind speed

- Electric or hybrid motor

- Remote control: radio control up to 15 km range. Option to be able to support longer range 30 km+ have to be offered this can be e.g. LTE link or a satellite C2 link. Also real-time video feed from drone to remote control have to be included.

- Operating Temperature range at least -10 to 40C,

- The drone should be equipped with a location positioning system (GNSS: GPS+GLONASS+BeiDou+Galileo). Options for RTK and VRS functions are required.

- The Ingress protection rating must be at least IP45 at minimum.

- Applications: Remote control software

- Factory test prior to client´s acceptance of the delivery

- Availability of maintenance and calibration services; Maintenance checks and possible calibrations of equipment shall be available, if needed, from the Supplier also after the warranty period has ended. Maintenance program, costs of the maintenance and maintenance program (done by user or company) should be specified.

- The Supplier shall guarantee the availability of spare parts also after the warranty period has ended.

- Training; At least one-day user training

This lot includes mandatory options.

Mandatory options must be offered and are:

- Option to be able to support longer range 30 km+ have to be offered, this can be e.g. LTE link or a satellite C2 link

- Maintenance program, costs of the maintenance and maintenance program (done by user or company) should be specified.

- Options for RTK and VRS functions

The use of options is at the sole discretion of the Buyers. Options are not used in price comparison or in quality evaluations so a tenderer should not include these prices into the total comparison price but inform prices in a separate appendix.

Last tender date: 01/02/2024 11:00:00

Type of contract: Supplies

Authority: University of Turku

Tenders URL: https://tarjouspalvelu.fi/utu?id=483583&tpk=2401f5b5-afe8-4a0a-9169-bacdd155fb1b

Criteria definitions: Price: 90 (1. Total price (1 unit ), Price fixed, in euros, vat 0%)

Quality: 10 (Flight time with 6 kg payload at least 120 minutes 0 points

Flight time with 6 kg payload at least 150 minutes 5 points

Flight time with 6 kg payload at least 180 minutes 10 points

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Lot nr.: 2

Aerial drone fleet with data loading and recharging docking station

Aerial drone fleet with data loading and recharging docking station (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) with the following mandatory minimum requirements:

- with take-off weight less than 25 kg. Total weight not exceeding 25 kg, payload capacity more than 2 kg (payload must be interchangeable e.g., RGB, spectral cameras, lidar). Therefore, these kinds of instrumentations should be able to attach onto the drone.

- Flight time with maximum payload should be at least 30 min

- Minimum flight speed of the drone should be 3 m/s or less. Capability also to fly with up to 8 m/s or more.

- Safety systems for landing (e.g. parachute)

- System should be fully electric

- Drone and its sensors should fit onto docking station

- Operation wind conditions, up to 12 m/s wind speed

- Size of the system: under 3 meters in diameter, transport less than size 2 m in diameter

- A water proof (IP44 minimum, recommended IP55) drone and drone platform for outdoor use.

- Minimum 4G connection with automatic data transfer to cloud service or similar.

- Costs of the maintenance and maintenance program (done by user or company) should be specified. (user maintenance preferred)

- Operating Temperature range at least -10 to 40C,

- The drone should be equipped with a location positioning system (GNSS: GPS+GLONASS+BeiDou+Galileo). Options for RTK and VRS functions are required.

- Battery swap and/or charge so that downtime maximum is 60 minutes.

- radio control range up to 7 km from docking station

- Applications: Remote control software. Cloud Platform support (EU based), can be own cloud or a support of 3rd Party Platforms through API or similar.

This lot includes mandatory options. Mandatory options must be offered and are:

- Maintenance program, costs of the maintenance and maintenance program (done by user or company) should be specified. (user maintenance preferred)

- Options for RTK and VRS functions

- The second Aerial drone fleet with data loading and recharging docking station, at the same price and terms as the first offered Aerial drone fleet with data loading and recharging docking station.

The use of options is at the sole discretion of the Buyers. Options are not used in price comparison or in quality evaluations so a tenderer should not include these prices into the total comparison price but inform prices in a separate appendix.

Last tender date: 01/02/2024 11:00:00

Type of contract: Supplies

Authority: University of Turku

Tenders URL: https://tarjouspalvelu.fi/utu?id=483583&tpk=2401f5b5-afe8-4a0a-9169-bacdd155fb1b

Criteria definitions: Price: 100 (The total price in euros vat 0% is the award criterion)

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