Awarded contract

Provision of Satellite Telemetry Equipment

Details

Buyer: Environment Agency
Supplier(s): Microwave Telemetry Inc
Value: £900,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Telemetry equipment
Published: 27 February 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

A contract for the provision of satellite telemetry equipment which will be used for tracking of vulnerable aquatic species. The equipment must be of a minimum specification so that it can operate autonomously, collect continuous time-stamped data, is small enough to be attached to eels and can work at the required depths / temperatures.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 February 2024
Completed: Award published27 February 2024
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 January 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, and buys as a central agency for flood risk, water quality and pollution control. Flood and coastal risk schemes are delivered mainly through the Collaborative Delivery Framework, alongside frameworks for mapping, modelling and property flood resilience. These frameworks run through a central contract management system. Commercial oversight sits with Defra Group Commercial, alongside the Environment Agency's own project teams.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Environment Agency's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@environment-agency.gov