Defra Digital Data Set Licence Agreement - BGS

Contract summary

Industry

• Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

BS1 5AH

Value of contract

£109,000

Procurement reference

tender_267873/1029322

Published date

29 December 2021

Closing date

19 March 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Licence Agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

By way of a Letter of Agreement (LoA), the Environment Agency (EA) currently holds a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable agreement with Defra, which enables them to be able to use (by way of a licence agreement) the British Geological Survey (BGS) datasets (digital data).
This includes (but is not limited to) data such as:-
- DigMap-GB 50 onshore geology map data at 1:50 000 scale for Great Britain
- Dig Map-GB 250 onshore geology map data at 1:250 000 scale for Great Britain
- DigSBS-250 offshore seabed sediment data at 1:250 000 scale (full database)
- Active Mines and Quarries (full dataset). GBASE surface & dub-surface soil data for England
- DiGROCK-250 offshore bedrock data at 1:250 000 seal for England 224.715sqkm area
- Superficial Thickness at 1:50 000 scale for England & Wales 155.000sqkm area
The EA use these datasets for internal use in connection with / fulfilment of their standard operational activities.

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More information

Attachments

• Project_32601_Contract_DefraDigitalDatasetLicenceAgreement_Redacted_Contract_details.docx
• n/a

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Award information

Awarded date

1 April 2021

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£109,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The British Geological Survey

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About the buyer

Contact name

Alison Dyson

Address

Horizon House
Bristol
BS1 5AH
England

Email

al.dyson@environment-agency.gov.uk