Published date: 7 April 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 19 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£135,000

Procurement reference

BIP249849325

Published date

7 April 2017

Closing date

19 January 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 May 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Tenderers are invited to set out proposals to assess the feasibility of using Earth Observation (remote sensing data in combination with reference data) to track land use change in the United Kingdom over time.

This work aims to support a decision by BEIS to develop a more accurate and repeatable way for the UK to track land use change in its greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory.

The work is:
•to assess the feasibility of methods of using Earth Observation to track UK land use and land use change over time; and
•to develop a costed roadmap for delivering an operational system for tracking land use and land use changes in the UK from 1990 onwards suitable for incorporation in the inventory.

The work will be tendered as three (3) lots.
•Lot 1: Coarse resolution optical sensors (>250m resolution)
•Lot 2: Medium resolution optical sensors (10-80m resolution)
•Lot 3: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors and SAR+optical data fusion

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Award information

Awarded date

19 January 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 May 2017

Total value of contract

£135,000

This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.

Assimila Ltd

Address

Reading Enterprise Centre
The University of Reading
Earley Gate
Reading
RG6 6BU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as represented by it

Address

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Natural Environment Research Council
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1EU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The University of Edinburgh

Address

The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House
9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW
UK

Email

sidscienceteam@decc.gsi.gov.uk