Expired contract

Bycatch Monitoring Programme (BMP) - MoU with Marine Scotland

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Scottish Government
Value: £80,000
Duration: 4 months
Topic: Environmental monitoring other than for construction
Published: 21 March 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Bycatch Monitoring Programme was awarded to the University of St Andrews (USTAN) in June 2022. Within the Invitation to tender the geographic scope of this work we specified that the core of the programme will be England focussed but may expand with the Devolved Administration involvement. Scottish Government have secured funding and would like to the Bycatch Monitoring programme to include monitor certain fisheries in Scotland for bycatch and to undertake a gap analysis exercise. The Scottish Government will provide £80,000k to Defra, Defra will pay USTAN directly for this work and will recover the cost from the Scottish Government. We will have an MoU with the Scottish Government to formalise this contract amendment and financial commitment.

Timeline

Completed: Award date30 November 2022
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2023
Completed: Award published21 March 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

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