Award of Age Determination of Flat Fish Otoliths (MS-P-0406)
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
- Value
- £15,987.12
- Topic
- Marine research services
- Published
- 2 December 2025
Tender description
The Scottish Government, through Marine Directorate is inviting a tender for age determination of flat fish otoliths to support the Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystems (CCBE) work area of the Science, Evidence, Data and Digital (SEDD) portfolio.The supplier will be expected to provide age determination of 551 flatfish, of which 150 are from flounder (Platichthys flesus) and 401 are from dab (Limanda limanda), with an option for extension of the contract to provide age determination of approximately 500 – 600 further flatfish per year with a similar proportion of flounder and dab species.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date9 August 2025
- Completed: Award published2 December 2025Current 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
- 73112000 · Marine research services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov |
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