Published date: 3 February 2023

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


Closing: 1 January 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Marine research services - 73112000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£48,665

Procurement reference

tender_256206/1175466

Published date

3 February 2023

Closing date

1 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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

It is estimated that over one-third of sharks and their relatives are threatened with extinction worldwide due to a combined effect of global fishing pressure, conservative life history characteristics, and high market price for the fins of some species. Shark fisheries tend to be diverse and unregulated small-scale fisheries, illegal fishing, non-systematic data collection and high volume of bycatch, presents a challenging management scenario for shark fishing nations. The diversity of species landed makes accurate species identification challenging but vital for their effective fisheries management and conservation.
Requirement:
To support the accurate identification of sharks and their products in Sri Lanka, Cefas requires a Supplier to:
1. Provide fifty sets of three visual identification guides for shark and rays and their products, to customs staff at the border. The Supplier will be provided with the guides and the Supplier will manage the printing and distribution. Guides will be provided and printed in English. The Supplier will identify where, and to who, the guides will be distributed.
2. Train twenty staff (focused on Department for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) and National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA)) in a 2-day training event on the identification of protected/regulated and commonly landed elasmobranch species near Beruwela fisheries harbour. Training will be delivered by international expert Rima Jabado, with the aim to improve capacity for species-specific data collection.
3. Map data on elasmobranch fisheries in Sri Lanka through a desk-based scoping study which is validated with key stakeholders at an in-country workshop in Colombo.

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Award information

Awarded date

1 February 2023

Contract start date

2 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£48,665

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Blue Resources Trust

Address

86 Barnes Place, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka, GA 3218

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