Awarded contract

Award of Purchase of Seabird GPS Tags for Northern Fulmar (MS-P-0434)

Details

Value
£19,460
Topic
Tags
Published
29 January 2026

Tender description

The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate invite tenders for the purchase of remote-download GPS+accelerometry+UHF immersion-proof tags for seabirds and UHF base stations capable of receiving data from the tags.The Scottish Ministers require seabird GPS tags and associated base stations for thepurposes of understanding at sea behaviour and foraging ranges of Northern Fulmar.This requirement is for GPS tags suitable for back-mounting with tesa tape to adult Fulmar. GPS tags must be immersion proof, collect GPS locations at ~144 fixes per day, collect accelerometery data, have remote download via UHF, have a battery life and on-board memory of at least two weeks, and weigh under 7g. Base stations must be immersion-proof, have a battery life of around 28 days and be equipped with a solar panel.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published29 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date29 January 2026

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

  • 35121600 · Tags

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