Published date: 12 April 2023

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


Closing: 23 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Survey analysis services - 79311300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£45,000 to £77,000

Procurement reference

CF-0067000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

12 April 2023

Closing date

23 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2027

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 BEEMS (British Energy Estuarine and Marine Studies) programme is funded by NNB Generating Company HPC (NNB GenCo). Through this programme, Cefas provide authoritative scientific information on the marine and transitional waters in the vicinity of potential new build nuclear power stations and require a competent Supplier to deliver the element described below;

Description of the sample collection:
The mudflat monitoring in Bridgwater Bay encompasses the collection of 6 replicates samples at 11 stations in Bridgwater Bay and Wick St Lawrence twice a year (February and August). The replicate samples are collected with a 0.01m2 core and the sediment is sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve. The Macoma balthica individuals (only bivalve present in the mudflat) are hand-picked on the sieve during the survey and stored in separated glass vials. The potentially high number of individuals of this species are therefore not included in the samples. All benthic organisms are transferred into Nalgene bottles and fixed with 4% formaldehyde.

Summary of deliverables:
• Analysis of two survey batches of samples per year (collected in February and August), 66 samples per survey.
• Externally audited, quality-controlled abundance / biomass matrices as per template provided, with current nomenclature (Primary processing and Audit lab).
• One reference collection (Primary processing lab) - the collection will be updated over the duration of the contract as additional species are encountered in the samples.
• Internal Quality Control logs (Primary processing lab).
• Audited Quality Control report (Audit lab).
• Regular project summary updates and correspondence between primary processing and audit lab (Primary processing and Audit lab).

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Award information

Awarded date

12 April 2023

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2027

Total value of contract

£78,948

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Hull

Address

Cottingham Road, Hull, North Humberside, HU6 7RX

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Jade Peek

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk