This document outlinesthe current design that is being worked towards by the SUBMERSE consortium partners to realise the aims of the project. The system itself is composed of multiple parts. These include the sensing equipment, the storage and processing facilities, the dissemination facilities, the network which connects all the equipment together, the access control system, and the synchronisation of time and software across each of the sites. This initial report provides a detailed overview of the current implementation and integration scenarios for key operational tools in SUBMERSE, focusing on Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI), Monitoring Service, and Persistent Identifier (PID) Service.