Published date: 1 February 2018

Last edited date: 1 February 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: 14 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Aquaculture services - 77800000

  • Environmental management - 90710000

  • Environmental protection - 90720000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

C17-0256-1199

Published date

1 February 2018

Closing date

14 February 2018

Contract start date

19 February 2018

Contract end date

20 March 2018

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

The aim of this project is to undertake the taxonomic analysis of benthic infaunal samples collected on a recent offshore seabed survey of North-east Faroe Shetland Channel and West Shetland Shelf Scottish Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPAs).

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and Marine Scotland Science (MSS) have recently undertaken an offshore seabed survey visiting the North-east Faroe Shetland Channel Scottish Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA) and the West Shetland Shelf Scottish Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA) onboard the Marine Research Vessel (MRV) Scotia (survey code 1517S).

The North-east Faroe Shetland Channel (hereafter NEF) NCMPA follows the descent of the Faroe Shetland Channel from depths of 330m to 2420m. The site has been designated to protect deep-sea sponge aggregations, which were the focus of the recent survey, as well as offshore deep-sea muds and offshore subtidal sands and gravels.

West Shetland Shelf (hereafter WSS) NCMPA is located to the north of Scotland and overlaps with the Windsock fisheries areas which are managed to encourage the recovery of local cod stocks. The NCMPA is designated to protect the wide variety of sand and gravel within its boundaries which are found at depths from 70m - 150m.

JNCC wishes to commission a contract to undertake the taxonomic analysis of benthic infaunal samples collected on the 1517S cruise. Picking and taxonomic analysis of benthic infaunal samples (i.e. identification and enumeration of all fauna present) are required.
Biomass of samples should also be determined. The contract will be run over two financial years (FY17/18 and FY18/19), with Phase I to be undertaken in FY 17/18 and Phase II to be undertaken at the start of FY18/19.

More information

Attachments

  • C17-0259-1199.zip
  • Bidding documents
  • All relevant documents, information and Terms & Conditions

Links

About the buyer

Address

Monkstone House
Peterborough
PE1 1JY
England

Telephone

01733 866906

Email

jessica.taylor@jncc.gov.uk