Published date: 7 February 2020

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: 13 March 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Marine research services - 73112000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP471090823

Published date

7 February 2020

Closing date

13 March 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The aim of this project is to improve understanding of the potential risks of displacement of marine mammals from essential activities (e.g. feeding, reproduction) in relation to wave and tidal stream arrays, and development of an agreed approach to assessing the potential effects and consequences of displacement.

Objectives:
•To review and provide a description of current understanding of displacement of marine mammals; it's potential causes and effects (e.g. impacts in terms of fitness, mortality and productivity); vulnerability of different species (can any be screened out to our knowledge or what information would we need to decide this?), and appropriate buffer zones. Distinctions are to be drawn between displacement, disturbance, and barrier effects.
•To provide a review of current displacement assessment methods, including a review of existing models (e.g. those used by offshore wind industry) to investigate the consequences of displacement and refinement of these models for use in wave and tidal industries. Investigation into whether these models can be expanded to cover marine mammal species considered sensitive to wave and tidal developments.
•To develop a displacement assessment framework suitable for wave and tidal developments, including methods to assess displacement from large scale arrays and cumulative developments, how to consider collision risk, disturbance (e.g. from underwater noise), displacement and other potential impacts in combination.

To respond to this opportunity or to find out more, please follow this link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/K3W56MWVT6

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About the buyer

Contact name

Chloe Halifax

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK

Telephone

01502524515

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk