Expired contract

26357 - Plymouth Sound National Marine Park (PSNMP) - Nature Boost - Rays of the Sound

Details

Buyer: Plymouth City Council
Supplier(s): Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Value: £42,000
Duration: 8 months
Topic: Marine research services
Published: 4 June 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Plymouth City Council ('The Council') would like to invite you to provide a tender for the live capture, and breeding of Thornback Rays for Plymouth Sound National Marine Park (PSNMP). The fish will need to be live caught in the Southwest, close to Plymouth Sound and then kept in captivity until the females give birth. The adult females then need to be returned to the sea and the young raised in captivity and cared for until they are of a size to be able to carry a tag before being released back into the Sound and the resultant tagging recovery will be monitored and shared.

Timeline

Completed: Award date30 April 2024
Completed: Award published4 June 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 December 2024

About the buyer

Plymouth City Council buys as a local authority, running its own Procurement Service for construction, facilities management, professional services, and environment and transport contracts. A separate Strategic Co-operative Commissioning Team handles social care and healthcare contracts instead. Smaller opportunities are advertised through the Supplying the South West procurement portal, while larger contracts move to the Central Digital Platform. A rolling Capital Procurement Pipeline gives suppliers advance notice of upcoming construction and infrastructure work. Local businesses can also register on Find It in Plymouth, a platform connecting the council with suppliers in the city.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Plymouth City Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

73112000 · Marine research services
90700000 · Environmental services

Decision makers

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