Published date: 12 March 2024

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


Closing: 28 February 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£30,000 to £35,000

Procurement reference

CF-0259000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

12 March 2024

Closing date

28 February 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 March 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

As part of the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP), Cefas have identified objectives for work in India which supports the overall aim of the Sustainable Seafood project. The aim is to fill data gaps in species diversity to inform the management of fisheries activities across the salinity gradient of the lagoon. The project objectives are:
1.
to develop a holistic picture of the species diversity in the entire Chilika lagoon with in-situ validation of eDNA analysis
2.
identify the correlation of species diversity with environmental variables
3.
the identification of different zones in the lagoon in terms of their species diversity such as zone with "higher abundance of commercial species", with "invasive species", with "scheduled species" etc.
The work will contribute towards developing a site specific management plan for the entire lagoon.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

28 February 2024

Contract start date

1 March 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Total value of contract

£33,143

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Berhampur University

Address

Department of Marine Sciences
Berhampur University
Bhanja Bihar, Odisha India- 760007 760007

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Holly Power

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK

Email

procure@cefas.gov.uk