Published date: 23 March 2018

Last edited date: 23 March 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 January 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000

Procurement reference

BLOJEU-CR150095NERC

Published date

23 March 2018

Closing date

18 January 2016

Contract start date

1 February 2016

Contract end date

21 March 2016

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

*** This tender requirement was abandoned prior to a Contract award decision. ***

The aim of the derived Guideline is to create a reference specification for geotechnical data that can be used by the marine community. The specification should instruct users on what metadata and data to collect to ensure their geotechnical data can be re-used without recourse to the original data collector(s). The derived guidelines should

• follow the existing structure implemented by MEDIN to allow compatibility with the overall model. The document "MEDIN Data Guidelines Data Model" can be found in attachments which gives information about the overall model.

• where applicable and timely, be consistent with any relevant INSPIRE Data Specifications
• be flexible to allow the use of the standard for different scenarios and different needs. For example clearly show where a field is mandatory for a specific user requirement
• propose formats for exchanging the data
• be signed off by the MEDIN Standards Working Group (WG).

More information

Attachments

Additional text

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About the buyer

Address

North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN1 2FF
England

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk