Saudi Arabia - Innovative companies needed for sustainable living project

Description

A large scale project in Saudi Arabia is focused on building a new model for sustainable living. Recognizing Saudi Arabia’s climate and its diverse terrain, the buyer is seeking top talent from around the world to push the boundaries of innovation by providing a technology or solution to one or more problem statements.

Qualifications 

UK companies of all sizes are invited to apply, however, they must be in good financial standing to be successful. For smaller companies and startups, they must have a minimum viable product, funding, and be able to demonstrate their capabilities. Startups with products at an idea stage will not be considered.

Problem statements

Manual tree planting and watering methods are labour-intensive and limited. This has necessitated the need for automated, low-cost solutions for large numbers of trees and efficient irrigation methods are needed to optimize tree growth.

Soils in re-greening areas have low nutrients and poor water holding capacity. This requires effective soil augmentation, inoculation options, visibility into planting success and tree health calls for real-time monitoring to optimize programs.

Passive re-greening is a novel method in Saudi Arabia, requiring automated, low-cost solutions for planting in remote areas.

Procuring high quantities of a variety of native plant seeds and material is challenging through conventional methods. Conventional nursery production systems are labour-intensive and limit scale, necessitating automated, low-cost solutions that have holding space for 6 million plants a year.

A system of drones can be autonomously deployed for monitoring wildlife. This includes the development of a heat sensor to track animals and the transmission of monitoring data from the field.  

Due to the cost and range limitations of current tracking techniques such as radios and collars, scalable and cost-effective alternatives are needed to follow wildlife across large landscapes.

Manual data retrieval from remote camera traps is inefficient, calling for automated monitoring data transmission and real-time alerts.

The current method for accurately estimating population sizes and trends at scale is insufficient, necessitating the development of new data collection and analysis solutions.

Manual fence and boundary patrols have limited coverage, necessitating wide area monitoring for real-time awareness of breaches and visitor access.

Limited visibility into unauthorized activities across a large reserve calls for expanded capabilities to detect and track incidents such as poaching, littering, and vegetation damage.

How to apply

Please review the details below carefully in order to be considered. Companies will be able to apply to one or more problem statements but must demonstrate how their technology or solution is able to contribute to solving these problems.

In their submission, the company must provide the following details.

Under the description box on 'about your exporting experience', please include the following details in relation to the export opportunity posting, in the below format headings. Please include a capability statement for each problem statement you have selected, indicating how your technology or solution can contribute to solving these issues, and if applicable, where they have been applied globally or at a similar climate.

Heading 1: General description of company

• insert description

Heading 2: Capability statement in relation to problem statement no. (insert number)

• insert capability statement. This section should outline how your product, technology or service is able to contribute to addressing the specific problem statement
• if applicable, include information on where the technology/solution has been applied in the Middle East, or at a similar climate

Heading 3 (Optional): Capability Statement in relation to Problem Statement No. (insert number)

• if you are able to solve more than one problem statement, please include a seperate heading and indicate the problem statement number. Please do this for every problem statement you are able to solve
• ensure you include the descriptors as outlined in the sub-points in heading 2

If successful, the buyer will make contact with you directly.

Opportunity closing date

06 September 2023

Value of contract

to be confirmed

The buyer is happy to talk to

manufacturers, distributors, agents, consultants