The project Ocean Space Centre is a planned extension and upgrade of the Marine Technology Centre at Tyholt in Trondheim. The centre is mainly currently owned by NTNU and it consists of MARINTEK and Norwegian Technology of Science and Technology (NTNU) c/o the Institute for Marine Technology (IMT).

The project has been under review since 2008. A choice of concept review (KVU) was carried out in 2011, which was quality assured by Metier and Møreforskning Molde in 2012 and 2013. A decision was made after this to continue with D-flex and an 0+ alternative, as well as further reviewing the alternative D-flex.

There is a need for further analyses of the D-flex alternative's feasibility and costs connected to its operation. NTNU and Marintek have also prepared an alternative concept, which must be further reviewed. This must also be updated and comparable analyses of the 0+ alternative. A detailed and cost calculation shall be made for the three alternatives, as well as a socio-economic cost calculation. Analyses and finds from the previous KVU and KS1 shall, to the degree it is possible, be continued, but they ought to be updated where necessary.

For further description see annex 1 of the contract (the contracting authority's description of the assignment).