Research Vessel Charter - Antarctic
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Istituto Nazionale Di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS)
- Value
- €542,000
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Hire of vessels with crew
- Published
- 18 September 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The University of Plymouth requires the provision of specialist Antarctic research vessel charter services for the Antarctic Canyon Experiment (ACE), including vessel, crew, polar icebreaking capability, onboard scientific laboratories, hydrographic surveying, seabed mapping, deployment and recovery of oceanographic and geophysical equipment, sediment sampling, and associated technical support services in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The contract supports two scientific expeditions for the deployment and subsequent recovery of long-term monitoring infrastructure. ## Contract award Title: Research Vessel Charter - Antarctic ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award date15 September 2026
- Completed: Award published18 September 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date30 November 2027in 13 months
About the buyer
University of Plymouth is a higher education institution with its own procurement team based at Drake Circus. Membership of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium gives access to shared higher education framework agreements. Suppliers are chosen through competitive tendering, or through quotations for lower-value purchases. No approved supplier list exists, only individual contracts and framework arrangements.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Plymouth's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and electrical equipment and lighting.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-plymouth.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-plymouth.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-plymouth.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-plymouth.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-plymouth.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-plymouth.gov |
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