Published date: 1 March 2023
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Survey analysis services - 79311300
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£45,000 to £77,000
Procurement reference
CF-0044800D8d000003VQwdEAG
Published date
1 March 2023
Closing date
23 March 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 August 2023
Contract end date
31 December 2027
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 BEEMS (British Energy Estuarine and Marine Studies) programme is funded by NNB Generating Company HPC (NNB GenCo). Through this programme, Cefas provide authoritative scientific information on the marine and transitional waters in the vicinity of potential new build nuclear power stations and require a competent Supplier to deliver the element described below;
Description of the sample collection:
The mudflat monitoring in Bridgwater Bay encompasses the collection of 6 replicates samples at 11 stations in Bridgwater Bay and Wick St Lawrence twice a year (February and August). The replicate samples are collected with a 0.01m2 core and the sediment is sieved through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve. The Macoma balthica individuals (only bivalve present in the mudflat) are hand-picked on the sieve during the survey and stored in separated glass vials. The potentially high number of individuals of this species are therefore not included in the samples. All benthic organisms are transferred into Nalgene bottles and fixed with 4% formaldehyde.
Summary of deliverables:
• Analysis of two survey batches of samples per year (collected in February and August), 66 samples per survey.
• Externally audited, quality-controlled abundance / biomass matrices as per template provided, with current nomenclature (Primary processing and Audit lab).
• One reference collection (Primary processing lab) - the collection will be updated over the duration of the contract as additional species are encountered in the samples.
• Internal Quality Control logs (Primary processing lab).
• Audited Quality Control report (Audit lab).
• Regular project summary updates and correspondence between primary processing and audit lab (Primary processing and Audit lab).
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About the buyer
Contact name
Jade Peek
Address
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
GB
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