Published date: 3 April 2017

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


Closing: 2 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Monitoring and control services - 71700000

  • Marine research services - 73112000

  • Marine services - 98360000

    • Marine-base support services - 98362100

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

tender_139045/576598

Published date

3 April 2017

Closing date

2 January 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Marine mammal populations are well known to be impacted by accidental entrapment in fishing gear through much of the world Reeves et al 2013, and within the UK as elsewhere accidental capture in fisheries is the primary conservation issue for this species group overall. The UK has international obligations to monitor and where necessary to mitigate bycatch, stemming from agreements under the Bonn Convention on Highly Migratory Species and through the International Whaling Commission. Under the Aichi targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Target 6 under Strategic Goal B is to ensure that fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within safe ecological limits. There are also binding obligations under the EU Habitats Directive to monitor bycatch and address conservation concerns, while the Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires member states to ensure good environmental status GES, and the UK sees continued bycatch monitoring and mitigation as key to ensuring GES is maintained Marine Strategy Part Three: UK Programme of Measures December 2015. The UK has been in the forefront of international efforts to ensure fishery impacts on marine mammals are understood and addressed

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Award information

Awarded date

2 March 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Total value of contract

£100,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of St Andrews

Address

College Gate, St Andrews, FIFE, KY16 9AJ, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London,
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk