DALO wishes to procure 3 All Weather Rescue Boats (AWRB) that are capable of performing search and rescue operations in any type of weather in the seas of the North West Denmark.
The AWRBs shall live up to new and increasing demands for greater flexibility, better sea maneuverability, greater speed, bollard pull and personal safety.
A new larger AWRB that is still conforming to the strict requirements for vessels for the Danish Coastal Rescue Service leads to a vessel design, that today is simply not on the market and DALO envisages that it is necessary to use new and innovative solutions in the design. DALO wishes to enter into an Innovation Partnership with a single supplier that is able to design and build the vessels.
The procurement includes, in addition to the build process, an Innovation and Development Process where the supplier will, in a partnership with DALO, design and qualify a vessel design that incorporates all the operational requirements for a Danish SAR-vessel.
The All Weather Rescue Boats shall have excellent sea keeping characteristics that makes it possible to operate in any kind of weather. This shall be achieved while the vessels still offer a stable platform for the crew, especially while rescuing people from the water.
Due to the fact that these SAR vessels are regulated by an extensive regulation set, and as a marked survey has not shown any existing vessel which fulfils the regulations, the design process for new All Weather Rescue Boats will naturally become complicated. The requirement for the vessels to be self-righting from all angles is not unusual among SAR vessels, but the Danish rules (Annex A2) require that this is done with partially water-filled compartments.
Another factor that will be a challenge is the requirement for relatively fast boats (25 knots speed), this while still being equipped with a crane, towing winches, etc. In this context, larger weight/displacement means larger main engines to ensure compliance with the speed requirement. The speed requirement is also challenged by increased requirements for strength of the ship structure.
As a result of these requirements, there are high demands for innovative solutions with regard to position of compartments and buoyancy and optimisation of sea keeping performance while still offering a stable platform. These things shall come together in a relatively small vessel of maximum 24 metres. There are several parameters to be adjusted, while exactly observing the effects and influences of different parameters. The goal is to end up with a vessel design that not only meets some of the requirements, but in fact comply with all the requirements simultaneously.
The procurement includes, in addition to the build process of 3 boats, an innovations process where the supplier will, in a partnership with DALO, design and qualify a design that incorporates a list of operational requirements with all the specific rules regarding safety and capability in search and rescue operations that takes place in all kinds of weather. The innovations process is open for the supplier to search out and to innovate new and better solutions that exist on the market today. The innovations process is governed by outline requirements, but is open to new and innovative solutions.