Published date: 9 June 2023
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Future opportunity (published 9 June 2023, last edited 15 June 2023)
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Contract summary
Industry
Oceanography and hydrology services - 71351920
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£1 to £210,000
Procurement reference
CF-0090400D8d000003VQwdEAG
Published date
9 June 2023
Approach to market date
3 July 2023
Contract start date
30 September 2023
Contract end date
30 September 2025
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?
No
Description
The Environment Agency is responsible for the management of The National Tide Gauge Network on behalf of the UK Coastal Flood Forecasting service. The network consists of c.135 sensors situated at 42 strategically important sites around the UK coastline. These gauges have a variety of uses within real time operational coastal flood forecasting, flood risk management mapping and planning, and sea level studies. To ensure that the data are of use and continued value to UKCFF partners as well as the wider community we need to ensure that the continuity of the long-term data record is maintained, quality controlled, archived to a common standard and publicly accessible.
In the coming weeks, The Environment Agency's Monitoring Contracts Team will be going out to tender for the Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive contract. This will comprise of a number of elements encompassing receiving, quality controlling, compiling, storing and publishing data; maintaining site records and producing reports .
If you have proven credibility and experience of Quality assurance of marine time series for and can demonstrate a strong and consistent processing methodologies for making high quality tide gauge data available for our community of users please ensure that you are registered with the Environment Agency's new procurement portal to receive this ITT when it is published.
If you would like to receive this ITT when it is published, please ensure that you are registered with the Environment Agency's new procurement portal and email the below address using the title Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive in your email.
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About the buyer
Contact name
Felicity Jowett
Address
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
GB
Telephone
03459 33 55 77
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