Published date: 22 October 2021

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


Closing: 11 October 2021, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis - 71241000

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

tender_286822/1008074

Published date

22 October 2021

Closing date

11 October 2021

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

25 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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?

Yes

Description

The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) Marine Pollution strand will build on work in countries where Cefas and UK marine partnerships are already active, as well as forge new relationships in priority regions. OCPP Marine Pollution will begin by building on the successes of the Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP), using established foundations to expand technical training and capacity building in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) eligible countries and foster collaboration internationally.

The overall aim of this project is to develop a programme to assess the presence of marine litter in the coastal seagrass habitats of Sri Lanka, characterise the condition of the habitats and the potential impacts of the litter within the broader context of environmental stressors on Sri Lanka's coastal regions. The main output of this contract will be the design of a study to describe seagrass extent, biodiversity and pollution status with respect to marine litter and water quality. The work will also include the collection of some scoping data to prove the do-ability of the techniques and to assess the need for more/alternative equipment or processes. The scoping exercises will require field surveys at locations around the Sri Lanka coast. The main outcome will be the proposal of a project to increase the understanding of the status of the coastal habitats and a greater ability for Sri Lankan coastal managers to take informed decisions on management practices in these locations.

To this effect, Cefas requires the successful Tenderer to design, in collaboration with Cefas, a programme of work to survey selected seagrass meadow sites in Sri Lanka to characterise the seagrass habitats and assess the presence of marine litter and potentially other pollutants. The Tenderer will also undertake field work to select sites, test protocols and evaluate the feasibility of the techniques suggested for the survey.

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Award information

Awarded date

21 October 2021

Contract start date

25 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£50,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Blue Resources Trust

Address

86 B, Barnes Place, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

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

Website

www.cefas.co.uk