Published date: 20 December 2018

Last edited date: 20 December 2018

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Closing: 23 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_195521/733226

Published date

20 December 2018

Closing date

23 January 2019

Contract start date

4 February 2019

Contract end date

20 March 2020

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?

Yes

Description

The contract will be commissioned as a research project to explore the use of drone and remote sensing technology to help tackle water pollution arising from metal mines in Wales & England.

Work with academic partner or commercial company to trial different drones and Hyperspectral sensors.

Develop the use of 'drones' for operational and compliance work across Government.

Align relevant biophysical characteristics data derived from Living Wales (satellite derived) with the project and feed outputs from project into Living Wales.

Trial drone mounted LiDAR sensor and very high resolution stereo optical sensors to capture DEMs of site.

Investigate if temperature is measurable, to help identify drainage and seepage points around the mines (could also be applied to coal mines) potentially leading to opportunities for geothermal & renewable technologies for example.

The intention is for the work to feed into and influence remediation strategies being developed by regulators for priority catchments.

Evaluate effective use of remote sensing technology for wider Government site investigation and land use compliance monitoring.

Create opportunity for research institutions and innovators.

Present and disseminate findings of the work at the 4th Annual International MineXchange event.

The contract will run from February 2019 to March 2020.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Network Procurement

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

00

Email

Network.procurement@defra.gov.uk