Awarded contract

Vulnerable Marine Species Telemetry

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Natural England
Supplier(s): RS Aqua Ltd
Value: £400,000
Topic: Aquatic marine services
Published: 18 April 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Purchasing of transmitter tags project aims to install a large-scale network of acoustic receivers, known as an array, at key locations throughout the Solent Marine Area. Black seabream, sharks and ray species will be fitted with acoustic transmitter tags and using the array, their movements will be tracked throughout the area to understand which areas and during what seasons these waters provide refuge for this group of threatened species Lot 1: Purchasing of transmitter tags project aims to install a large-scale network of acoustic receivers, known as an array, at key locations throughout the Solent Marine Area. Black seabream, sharks and ray species will be fitted with acoustic transmitter tags and using the array, their movements will be tracked throughout the area to understand which areas and during what seasons these waters provide refuge for this group of threatened species

Timeline

Completed: Award date15 September 2023
Completed: Award published18 April 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.

Decision makers

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