Published date: 14 January 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: 15 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000

  • Probes - 33141641

  • Marine equipment - 34930000

    • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £337,000

Procurement reference

20210114113028-53042

Published date

14 January 2021

Closing date

15 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 March 2021

Contract end date

14 March 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

We are looking to purchase water quality monitoring equipment for the Upstream Thinking project, funded by South West Water. The project aims at understanding the impact of catchment interventions on water quality at catchment scale in both streams and reservoirs. The equipment will be deployed to give us an understanding of (1) turbidity and DOC issues in streams, and (2) algae blooms in reservoirs. In each environment, we seek to deploy a number of sondes (i.e. up to 28 in total) comprising the following combinations of parameters:
Sonde A:
o pH
o Conductivity/temperature
o Dissolved Oxygen
o Turbidity

Sonde B:
o pH
o Conductivity/temperature
o Turbidity
o fDOM

Sonde C:
o Turbidity
o Dissolved Oxygen
o Conductivity/temperature
o Chlorophyll a
o Phycocyanin

The equipment will be deployed for a period of time and accessed periodically. It will need to include appropriate biofouling prevention, data logging and power capacity. The data download needs to be similar for all sensors, and all cables and/or hardware must be provided.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sam Barker

Address

Northcote House
Exeter
EX4 4QH
ENG

Telephone

+44 11111

Email

samantha.barker@exeter.ac.uk

Website

www.exeter.ac.uk