Prior information notice: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP)

This pre-commercial procurement (PCP) is a joint procurement by two procurers within Europe (the ‘Buyers Group’):

• Wave Energy Scotland, An Lochran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA, Scotland, UK (Company number SC493764);
• Ente Vasco de la Energía, Alameda de Urquijo 36 1º, Bilbao 48011, Basque Country, Spain (Company number Q5150001E). The EuropeWave PCP is carried out by Wave Energy Scotland, appointed as lead procurer to coordinate and lead the joint procurement in the name and on behalf of the Buyers Group. The procurement aims to trigger new solutions to be developed and tested to address the following overarching challenge: the design, development, and demonstration of cost-effective wave energy converter (WEC) systems for electrical power production that can survive in the harsh and unpredictable ocean environment.