Published date: 17 November 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

Location of contract

NR4 7TJ

Value of contract

£0 to £453,274

Procurement reference

IT-37-793-PURCON 1059

Published date

17 November 2022

Closing date

21 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 January 2023

Contract end date

15 January 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Traditional methods of subsurface monitoring are restricted in either time or space. Spot measurements record continuously but lack spatial resolution. Campaign measurements capture high spatial resolution data at a single point in time. Distributed Sensing (DS) is a brand-new technology for environmental research that does not rely upon individual sensors but utilises optical fibre. DS methods will become increasingly used to analyse systems on a new range of scales - the high spatial resolution allows for microscopic-scale studies; the length of cables enables large-scale investigations.

The University of East Anglia has acquired funding for a system that includes distributed acoustic sensor (DAS), distributed strain sensor (DSS) and distributed temperature sensor (DTS). DAS to record high-frequency ground motion associated with natural sources such as earthquakes and active sources for exploration, DSS to record slower ground deformation from sources such as tectonic slip, glacial rebound and erosional processes, and DTS to capture temperature profiles and variations in the subsurface. Thus, DiSTANS (Distributed Strain, Temperature and Acoustic seNsing Suite) will contribute to answering many challenging questions related to the subsurface, and their control on the surface environment. Hence, DiSTANS will be deployed in a range of potentially hazardous environments.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you're interested in this contract, documents are available on UEA's In-Tend (https://In-Tendhost.co.uk/universityofeastanglia/aspx/Home)

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Karen Gallant

Address

Earlham Road
Norwich Research Park
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

01603 592728

Email

karen.gallant@uea.ac.uk