Published date: 26 October 2021

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: 16 November 2021, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

C21-0600-1561

Published date

26 October 2021

Closing date

16 November 2021

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

19 November 2021

Contract end date

18 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?

No

Description

JNCC and Marine Scotland Science undertook an MPA monitoring survey of Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt MPA (FSSB hereafter) between 20 August 2021 - 6 September (cruise code 1121S) on MRV Scotia.

FSSB is in offshore waters on the Scottish side of the Faroe-Shetland Channel, a large rift basin that separates the Scottish and Faroese continental shelves.

Five different water masses meet in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, which interact with each other and the continental slope to generate ideal conditions for the boreal 'ostur' type of deep-sea sponge aggregations (DSSA) to settle. Iceberg ploughmarks on the upper continental slope (reaching a depth of 450 - 500 m, Masson 2001) may also provide ridges of coarse sediment where sponges can aggregate. Offshore subtidal sands and gravels (OSSG) are also present, supporting a diversity of polychaete worms and a slow-growing bivalve mollusc known as ocean quahog (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)).

JNCC wishes to commission a contract to undertake the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video) collected on the 1121S survey.

Video from 187 transects and still images from 180 or 182 transects will be analysed; tenderers should provide quotes for two analysis options as outlined below and in Table 1 of the Annex A:
1. All video and 'Option 1' still images
2. All video and 'Option 2' still images


Next Steps

If interested in this project potential bidders are invited to download the following documents and complete the acceptance form of our terms and conditions attached to the invitation to tender letter (ITT).
• Invitation to Tender letter (ITT) - Proforma Form to be completed
• Instructions for Tenderers (submission of bids) PS4a
• Annex A
• JNCC General terms and conditions
• JNCC Quality Assurance Policy

Timetable

• Date for return of tender bids: Tuesday 16 November 2021 @ 0900 hours
• Proposed start date: w/e 19 November 2021
• Proposed end date: 18 March 2022

More information

Attachments

Additional text

You are invited by JNCC Support Co (JNCC) to submit a tender for the supply of works or services required under the above project. If interested, you should download and carefully read the documents contained within the zip file.

About the buyer

Contact name

Dora Iantosca

Address

Monkstone House,City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE11JY
England

Email

contractqueries@jncc.gov.uk

Website

jncc.gov.uk