Published date: 20 September 2024

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


Closing: 16 September 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£32,930.88

Procurement reference

CF-0369800D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

20 September 2024

Closing date

16 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 September 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Background: The marine Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment (m-NCEA)
programme, in collaboration with Defra and the JNCC aims to contribute to improved
understanding of ecosystem services provided by seabed habitat assets, including
providing evidence on the effectiveness of fisheries management measures and natural
capital condition monitoring, by taking sediment samples along a chronic trawling
gradient in Farnes area.
Ecosystem services provided by the seabed includes climate regulation, which is linked
to carbon storage and sequestration. The ability of sediments to store carbon depends
on several interlinked factors including the condition of the carbon, so several different
carbon measurements are needed to provide an overall picture of the function and
condition of carbon within the sediments.
As part of this programme, sediment samples were collected using a NIOZ core during
surveys in the North and Celtic Seas onboard the RV Cefas Endeavour. 455 samples
were collected in total.
Requirement: Cefas require the Supplier to analyse 455 freeze dried sediment core
slice samples from Farnes and Celtic Sea as per below Deliverables. Cefas require the
data to be provided in an appropriate format (industry standard Excel spreadsheet).
Deliverables:
Following analysis completed on all samples:
(TC) Total Carbon
(TN) Total Nitrogen
(OC) Organic Carbon
Stable Isotopes
(TGA) Thermogravimetric analysis
Soli-Toc Total Organic Carbon Analysis

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Award information

Awarded date

10 September 2024

Contract start date

17 September 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Total value of contract

£32,930.88

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of St Andrews (Cefas DA)

Address

University of St Andrews Walter Bower House, Guardbridge,
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, KY16 0US KY16 0US

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Jade Peek

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
GB

Email

procure@cefas.gov.uk