Published date: 21 February 2022

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


Closing: 27 July 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

NR33 0HT

Value of contract

£29,400

Procurement reference

tender_280525/1045706

Published date

21 February 2022

Closing date

27 July 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

12 August 2021

Contract end date

16 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

The Contractor will undertake the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video) collected on the CEND0719 survey from the Greater Haig Fras MCZ.
- Analysis will be undertaken as set out in imagery specification provided for this work ('ANNEX A - CEND0719 GHFR imagery analysis specification',( as advertised at time of tender) and adhering to the NMBAQC Epibiota interpretation guidelines (Turner et al, 2016).
- The online annotation software BIIGLE will be used to annotate video and still images as described in the imager specification.
- Video tows are to be segmented into areas of continuous broadscale seabed habitat type greater than or equal to 5 m along transect distance. Sea-pen and burrowing megafauna analysis transects will be additionally analysed using frames taken from the video.
- A minimum of 10% of the videos and stills should be re-analysed for QA purposes by the contractor and reported on.
- An external QA (10% reanalysis) will be undertaken in advance of final data delivery.
- The Contractor will produce an analysis report.
- Substrate and taxonomic image reference collections are required .
- A start-up meeting will be held with the Contractor within a fortnight of the contract being awarded. During the start-up meeting Cefas will provide guidance on use of BIIGLE in MPA projects if needed.

Award information

Awarded date

11 August 2021

Contract start date

12 August 2021

Contract end date

16 December 2021

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Seastar Surevy Ltd

Address

Ocean Quay, Southampton, HAMPSHIRE, SO14 5QY, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Chloe Halifax

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
England

Telephone

0

Email

Chloe.Halifax@cefas.co.uk