Published date: 22 June 2023

This notice was replaced on 22 June 2023

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Opportunity (published 22 June 2023, last edited 23 June 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Data collection and collation services - 72314000

  • Marine research services - 73112000

  • Survey conduction services - 79311200

    • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£60,000 to £70,000

Procurement reference

CF-0096800D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

22 June 2023

Closing date

28 July 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 August 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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

Cefas require services for data collection surveys on on abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) along the Ghana coastline, under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP).

The OCPP was announced in 2021 as a key bilateral aid programme under the £500m Blue Planet Fund.
Under the OCPP, Cefas will use existing experience of collaboration at an international level, to develop innovative science techniques and analyses with OCPP partner countries that address marine pollution challenges.

Cefas will work alongside international partners in government and society to collaborate on work packages to tackle marine litter, including raising awareness to encourage best practices in litter disposal. This includes collecting data to evaluate the status of particular forms of pollution such as abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), collecting data that could be beneficial to start conversations about solutions. This also includes a data collection programme on ALDFG to attempt to map the types and quantities of ALDFG in Ghana.

The method of data collection will be to undertake a number of physical field surveys to coastal regions in Ghana to identify ALDFG present.

Cefas requires the successful Tenderer to collect, record and QC data electronically to feed into an assessment of ADLFG mapping on the Ghanian coast. Sampling is expected to take place across the four regions of Ghana, with equal sampling across all four regions throughout the year.

About the buyer

Contact name

Holly Power

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
United Kingdom

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk