Published date: 19 July 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services - 71600000
Analysis services - 71620000
Aquatic marine services - 98361000
Location of contract
NR33 0HT
Value of contract
£30,000
Procurement reference
tender_280525/981268
Published date
19 July 2021
Closing date
27 July 2021
Closing time
10am
Contract start date
1 August 2021
Contract end date
13 December 2021
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
Cefas wishes to commission a contract to undertake the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video) collected on the CEND0719 survey from the Greater Haig Fras MCZ.
- Analysis will be undertaken as set out in imagery specification provided for this work ('ANNEX A - CEND0719 GHFR imagery analysis specification', included as part of the Tender package) and adhering to the NMBAQC Epibiota interpretation guidelines (Turner et al, 2016).
- The online annotation software BIIGLE will be used to annotate video and still images as described in the imager specification.
- Video tows are to be segmented into areas of continuous broadscale seabed habitat type greater than or equal to 5 m along transect distance. Sea-pen and burrowing megafauna analysis transects will be additionally analysed using frames taken from the video.
- A minimum of 10% of the videos and stills should be re-analysed for QA purposes by the contractor and reported on.
- An external QA (10% reanalysis) will be undertaken in advance of final data delivery. Following award of the contract, and dependent on the evaluation scores they achieved, unsuccessful bidders may be invited to undertake the independent external QA aspects of this project. Please indicate in your tender if you wish to be considered for this work.
- Any deviation from this methodology should be approved in writing by the Cefas project officer.
- The successful Tenderer will produce an analysis report.
- Substrate and taxonomic image reference collections are required
- A start-up meeting will be held with the successful Tenderer within a fortnight of the contract being awarded. During the start-up meeting Cefas will provide guidance on use of BIIGLE in MPA projects if needed.
About the buyer
Contact name
Chloe Halifax
Address
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
England
Telephone
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