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

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prior-information-notice-design-develop-and-demonstrate-wave-energy-converter-systems-euro-ocds-h6vhtk-0296c5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lead Procurer: Wave Energy Scotland Limited: "Prior information notice: Design, develop, and demonstrate wave energy converter systems (EuropeWave PCP)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: €16,333,333. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Lead Procurer: Wave Energy Scotland Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lead-procurer-wave-energy-scotland-limited-GB-FTS-21360)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** €16,333,333 (EUR)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Design and execution of research and development, Research and experimental development services
- **Delivery Location:** 00
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0296c5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prior-information-notice-design-develop-and-demonstrate-wave-energy-converter-systems-euro-ocds-h6vhtk-0296c5#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 73300000
- **Delivery regions:** 00

- **Description:** This PIN provides early information about the expected starting date and proposed scope for the EuropeWave PCP, and about the open market consultation that is organised in preparation of this procurement.
The main technical challenges to be addressed...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003933-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-26T16:08:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:05:04.469Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0296c5