Published date: 5 June 2020

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Awarded contract (published 3 March 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances - 38290000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

2020UoS-0049

Published date

5 June 2020

Closing date

26 June 2020

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Contract type

Supply 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

For research in the field of physical oceanography of the sea ice-covered Southern Ocean, OES has a requirement to procure 6 temperature-profiling drifting buoys.

The buoys will be deployed in the region of the Weddell Sea (Maud Rise) where open-ocean polynyas form in some winters, leading to intense deep-ocean ventilation and Antarctic bottom water formation. Their purpose will be to measure the evolution of the upper-ocean hydrographic structure at high temporal resolution during a 1-year deployment between early 2021 and early 2022. Data from the buoys will be integrated with measurements from moorings and profiling floats deployed in the same area in a study of the atmosphere and ocean dynamics that control the emergence and persistence of open-ocean polynyas in the region.

All proposals should include delivery of the units (as fully-integrated system), an operating manual and the ability to provide remote technical support during at-sea operations.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Ben Page

Address

Highfield
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England

Telephone

02380 593338

Email

Procurement@soton.ac.uk