Awarded contract

Regional Oceanic Data Modelling Services

Details

Buyer: University of Exeter
Supplier(s): University of California Los Angeles
Value: £347,500
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 22 January 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The University of Exeter has a requirement for regional oceanic data modelling services around the field campaign site in the SW Atlantic, within the region of the Uruguayan and Argentinian EEZ, to support the research aims of the project including, but not limited to: Developing and interpreting model outputs based upon the Regional Oceanic Modelling System (ROMS), and supporting through expertise, data, training and mentorship of other parts of the project which involve analysis of observations, or use of observations to assimilate into other models. Lot 1: The University of Exeter has a requirement for regional oceanic data modelling services around the field campaign site in the SW Atlantic, within the region of the Uruguayan and Argentinian EEZ, to support the research aims of the project including, but not limited to: Developing and interpreting model outputs based upon the Regional Oceanic Modelling System (ROMS), and supporting through expertise, data, training and mentorship of other parts of the project which involve analysis of observations, or use of observations to assimilate into other models. The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have been identified as the only supplier that could deliver the services for technical reasons as the only institution and team who have the unique skillset and knowledge to develop and run these models.

Timeline

Completed: Award published22 January 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date22 January 2025

About the buyer

University of Exeter is a higher education institution that runs its own procurement centrally through a dedicated Procurement Services team. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks including the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and the Crown Commercial Service. Catering contracts run through the separate TUCO framework. Competitive tendering, not a fixed list of approved suppliers, decides who wins the work in the end.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Exeter's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.

Decision makers

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