Expired contract

Vessel pressure analysis from remote sensing and AIS

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): OceanMind Limited
Value: £114,999
Duration: 4 months
Topic: Research and development consultancy services
Published: 10 January 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Natural England is responsible for protecting biodiversity and managing the Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) for seals. This project is to analyse and provide a baseline report on all recreational boating and industrial vessel activity over the SAC for The Wash and Norfolk Coast. The analysis will focus on reviewing all electro optical imagery of the Area of Interest (AOI), with cloud cover not exceeding 10%, over a six-year period from January 2018 to December 2023. Additionally reviewing all vessels transmitting via the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and incorporating an analysis of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) "Night Lights" data for a more comprehensive overview and to address the limitations of EO imagery, which can be affected by cloud cover and only captures momentary snapshots.

Timeline

Completed: Award date18 November 2024
Completed: Award published10 January 2025
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2025

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. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. 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.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

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

Relevant CPV codes

73200000 · Research and development consultancy services

Decision makers

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