Published date: 8 August 2022

Last edited date: 8 August 2022

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


Closing: 29 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Survey analysis services - 79311300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£8,100

Procurement reference

tender_311028/1095842

Published date

8 August 2022

Closing date

29 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 August 2022

Contract end date

30 September 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

Cefas wishes to commission a contract to undertake the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video) collected from the Plymouth Sound and Estuaries SAC in 2021.
- Analysis will be undertaken as set out in imagery specification provided for this work ('Imagery Spec', 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 analysis 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.
- A minimum of 10% of the videos and stills should be re-analysed for QA purposes by the contractor and reported on.
- Any deviation from this methodology should be approved in writing by the Cefas project officer.
- Substrate and taxonomic image reference collections are required

Outputs
1. Weekly project summary updates
2. A short report, see guidance document for a suggested report outline.
3. Data are to be entered within the proforma spreadsheets.
a. Completed and QC'd stills proformas
b. Completed and QC'd video proforma
4. Still/video proforma and species matrices to be provided for the internally QA'd samples.
5. A combined video/still image reference collection for the taxa identified.
6. A combined video/still image reference collection for the biotopes encountered.

Quantity:
344 minutes of video and 355 stills from 27 stations

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Award information

Awarded date

5 August 2022

Contract start date

8 August 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2022

Total value of contract

£8,100

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Envision Marine Ltd

Address

Mallan House, Bridge End, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 4DQ

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