Published date: 5 October 2022

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


Closing: 12 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£41,673

Procurement reference

tender_312181/1111500

Published date

5 October 2022

Closing date

12 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 October 2022

Contract end date

27 February 2023

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?

Yes

Description

This contract is for the processing of 54 sediment samples, to extract and identify all biota retained following sieving on a 1.0 mm mesh, as per the NMBAQC guidelines (http://www.nmbaqcs.org/media/1175/nmbaqc-inv-prp-v10-june2010.pdf) detailing extraction and identification protocols. In addition to this there is a requirement to ensure these data are audited as per the NMBAQC Own Samples protocol prior to submission to Cefas (Milner and Hall, 2016). http://www.nmbaqcs.org/media/1665/ownsampleprotocol_v12_ra.pdf.

Enumeration, identification and biomassing should be carried out following the NMBAQC Processing Requirement Protocol and Taxonomic Discrimination Protocol. Biomass to species level (wet weight in grams to at least 4 d.p.) is required for all countable taxa. Balances must be serviced annually, and a valid service certificate must be supplied with this tender. From experience, these samples can take up to 10 hours each to process and identified number of taxa per replicate has averaged 65 [A sample species list for the 2012 survey at this site is included in attached documents]. All fauna alive at the time of fixation must be extracted from the sediment, including those within shells and rocks.

Summary of deliverables:
- Analysis of 54 samples
- Externally audited, quality-controlled abundance / biomass matrices, with current nomenclature (primary processing and audit lab)
- A single reference collection of identified taxa (primary processing lab)
- Internal Quality Control logs (primary processing lab)
- Audited Quality Control report (audit lab)
- Weekly project summary updates and correspondence between primary processing and audit lab (primary processing and audit lab)

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

21 September 2022

Contract start date

3 October 2022

Contract end date

27 February 2023

Total value of contract

£41,673

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

APEM Ltd

Address

A17 Embankment Business Park, Vale Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3GN, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
England

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk

Website

www.cefas.co.uk