Published date: 9 January 2023

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


Closing: 18 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Aircraft operating services - 60445000

  • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£335,093.82

Procurement reference

tender_317292/1164496

Published date

9 January 2023

Closing date

18 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

12 December 2022

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Natural England is seeking a DAS framework contractor to design and carry out four digital aerial surveys of the prescribed study area (9 ICES cells in the Southwest Celtic Sea), in each of the four seasons defined below. Ideally, each of the 9 ICES rectangles that comprise the study area will be surveyed at least once in each season. Seasons are defined as:

1) October - December 2022
2) January - March 2023
3) April - June 2023, and
4) July - September 2023.

The selected DAS framework contractor will use the most up to date digital aerial imagery (video or still) methods and process the resulting imagery to provide a comprehensive digital dataset from which robust estimates of the abundance and distribution of birds and marine mammals in survey areas can be derived.

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Award information

Awarded date

7 December 2022

Contract start date

12 December 2022

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Total value of contract

£335,093.82

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

APEM Ltd

Address

A17 Embankment Business Park, Vale Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3GN, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Suite D, Unex House
Peterborough
PE1 1NG
England

Telephone

00

Email

Supplier.enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk