IP-INFRA Tuvalu Mooring Buoys - Request for Proposal

Overview The Department of Defence is seeking proposals for the IP-INFRA Tuvalu Mooring Buoys project, as part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program. About As part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program, the Tuvalu Police Service (TPS) has been gifted a Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GPB), HMTSS Te Maitali III. The vessel is usually berthed within Funafuti Lagoon. Purpose TPS seeks the acquisition of two dedicated mooring buoys, in Funafuti Lagoon, as a secondary berthing location for the GPB when its main berth is occupied, and in Nanumea, Tuvalu's northernmost island, which is a key forward operating point. Scope The scope includes: Design of two permanent mooring buoy systems in Tuvalu Supply of the two permanent mooring buoy systems Delivery of the two permanent mooring buoy systems Installation of the two permanent mooring buoy systems Testing and commissioning of the two permanent mooring buoy systems