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OWD-Assessing environmental DNA sampling methods for environmental assessments of marine renewable developments

Details

Buyer
Scottish Government
Supplier(s)
University of Exeter
Value
£76,633.08
Topic
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment
Published
10 September 2025
Source
uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Offshore Wind Directorate (OWD) is looking for a suitable Service Provider to carry out eDNA analysis, metabarcoding and bioinformatics of water and sediment samples collected from the marine environment. This work will feed into a project assessing the effectiveness of eDNA-based sampling for environmental assessments for marine renewable energy developments and propose guidelines for standardised sampling strategies. Lot 1: The Offshore Wind Directorate (OWD) invites a tender from a suitable Service Provider to carry out eDNA analysis and metabarcoding of water and sediment samples collected from the marine environment. This work will feed into a project to provide clarity on the suitability of environmental DNA (eDNA) in a context of delivery of data necessary for biodiversity assessments in the marine environment. This project would also support the delivery of guidelines for consistent approaches to survey sampling design and utilisation of eDNA-based biodiversity data for environmental impact assessments for potential Marine Renewables (MR) installations.. The contract may be extended by one period of up to 3 months to a date falling no later than 21 July 2026.

Timeline

  1. Award date8 September 2025
  2. Award published10 September 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38950000 · Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment
  • 38951000 · Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment
  • 71900000 · Laboratory services
  • 73112000 · Marine research services
  • 90710000 · Environmental management

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