811828-2025 - Result
Sweden – Unmanned underwater vehicles – Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
OJ S 236/2025 08/12/2025
Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Supplies
1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Göteborgs universitet
Email: allem.tensaye@gu.se
Legal type of the buyer: Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority: Education
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Description: The Department of Marine Science at the University of Gothenburg intends to purchase an AUV, to replace the previous AUV that was lost under the Antarctic ice in early 2024.
Procedure identifier: 63b72565-c24e-416f-9d72-dac1bdf07587
Previous notice: dab29554-cb73-40ed-b5fb-89495d318958-01
Internal identifier: EUI 25 010
Type of procedure: Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Supplies
Main classification (cpv): 35512400 Unmanned underwater vehicles
Additional classification (cpv): 34930000 Marine equipment, 43135000 Subsea equipment
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Västra Götalands län (SE232)
Country: Sweden
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000,00 SEK
2.1.4.
General information
Legal basis: 
Directive 2014/24/EU
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0000
Title: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Description: The Department of Marine Science at the University of Gothenburg intends to purchase an AUV, to replace the previous AUV that was lost under the Antarctic ice in early 2024.
Internal identifier: EUI 25 010
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Supplies
Main classification (cpv): 35512400 Unmanned underwater vehicles
Additional classification (cpv): 34930000 Marine equipment, 43135000 Subsea equipment
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Västra Götalands län (SE232)
Country: Sweden
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000,00 SEK
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
5.1.7.
Strategic procurement
Aim of strategic procurement: No strategic procurement
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion: 
Type: Quality
Name: Depth rating
Description: see procurement documents
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 5,00
Criterion: 
Type: Price
Name: Price
Description: see procurement documents
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 5,00
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement: 
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system: 
No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction: no
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Förvaltningsrätten Sverige
Information about review deadlines: see procurement documents
Organisation signing the contract: Göteborgs universitet
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 56 000 000,00 SEK
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0000
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner: 
Official name: Kongsberg Discovery AS
Tender: 
Tender identifier: HUGIN AUV for University of Gothenburg
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 56 000 000,00 SEK
Subcontracting: No
Contract information: 
Identifier of the contract: -
Title: AUV system-Kongsberg Discovery AS
Date on which the winner was chosen: 14/10/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 14/11/2025
Information about European Union funds: 
Organisation signing the contract: Göteborgs universitet
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Summary of the review requests the buyer received: 
Number of complainants: 0
Received tenders or requests to participate: 
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 1
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Göteborgs universitet
Registration number: 2021003153
Department: Ekonomienheten
Postal address: Box 100
Town: GÖTEBORG
Postcode: 40530
Country subdivision (NUTS): Västra Götalands län (SE232)
Country: Sweden
Contact point: Allem Tensaye
Email: allem.tensaye@gu.se
Telephone: 031-7860000
Internet address: https://www.gu.se
Roles of this organisation: 
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Förvaltningsrätten Sverige
Registration number: 202100-2742
Postal address: Box 53197
Town: Göteborg
Postcode: 400 15
Country subdivision (NUTS): Västra Götalands län (SE232)
Country: Sweden
Email: forvaltningsrattenigoteborg@dom.se
Telephone: 031-732 70 00
Internet address: https://www.domstol.se/forvaltningsratten-i-goteborg/
Roles of this organisation: 
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Kongsberg Discovery AS
Size of the economic operator: Large
Registration number: 930770426
Department: Uncrewed Platforms
Postal address: Strandpromenaden 50
Town: Horten
Postcode: 3183
Country subdivision (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)
Country: Norway
Contact point: Atle Gran
Email: atle.gran@kd.kongsberg.com
Telephone: +47 33 03 41 00
Roles of this organisation: 
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 74b79e69-3c9c-445a-a643-5ddca5962c3f  -  01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 29
Notice dispatch date: 05/12/2025 12:47:43 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Notice dispatch date (eSender): 05/12/2025 12:47:59 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 811828-2025
OJ S issue number: 236/2025
Publication date: 08/12/2025