Published date: 2 April 2020
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£50,000
Procurement reference
tender_227936/848407
Published date
2 April 2020
Closing date
24 February 2020
Contract start date
6 March 2020
Contract end date
17 April 2020
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
1.1 The Authority is looking for Tenderer(s) for a desk top exercise seeking innovative technological solutions for sea and fisheries control and enforcement.
1.2 Defra and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) would like to better understand the practicalities of using machine learning (and related areas such as artificial intelligence) for the purposes of fisheries control and enforcement. A desk-based exercise is required to build on previous Artificial Intelligence (AI) proof of concept work undertaken in 2018 looking at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of vessel inspections that take place at sea.
1.3 Machine learning used in analysis platforms has the potential to enable fishing activity to be identified and corroborated automatically, identifying apparent anomalies that characterise possible IUU fishing activity to be focussed on and analysed further. This has the potential to encourage greater levels of compliance, provide comprehensive intelligence and enable more efficient and effective enforcement methods. Data analysis platforms specialise in collecting large quantities of data ('big data') and analyse it through specific algorithms to reveal patterns, trends and associations. These platforms can present data to enforcement authorities through an intuitive interface to visualise complex data associations and create clear actionable outputs in the form of intelligence reports and real-time alerts for example. Data platforms support the current risk-based intelligence led approach to operational planning and enforcement.
1.4 We are keen to understand which existing projects or areas of work where machine learning and artificial intelligence is being trialled or currently used that has applicability to fisheries control and enforcement.
More information
Attachments
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- Retracted Faculty Short Form Services Award Letter_Redacted.pdf
- Tender notice
- n/a
Award information
Awarded date
4 March 2020
Contract start date
6 March 2020
Contract end date
17 April 2020
Total value of contract
£50,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Faculty
Address
54 Welbeck Street, London W16 9XS
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Address
Mallard House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PX
England
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Closing: 24 February 2020