Award of Purchase of Marine Acoustic Release Receivers (MS-P-0443)
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- Thelma Biotel AS
- Value
- £35,703.8
- Topic
- Marine equipment
- Published
- 12 February 2026
Tender description
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate invite tenders for the purchase of marine acoustic release receivers capable of detecting miniature acoustic transmitter fish tags operating at 69khz.Up to 10 acoustic release receivers are required each with a mooring recovery system. The receivers should be able to detect and store acoustic tag information from tags used for marine salmon smolt tracking. The receivers are required to work on commonly operated tag protocols including the Open Protocol codemaps at 69khz.The area of sea where the proposed work is occurring is <100m in depth and is used by other loch users including creelers. It can also have areas of free floating seaweed accumulation. Therefore it is necessary that the mooring recovery system minimises entanglement possibilities as far as possible. The acoustic releases and mooring recovery system should be able to recognise instruction from either a Thelma deckbox or an Innovasea VR100 deckbox.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published12 February 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date2 September 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
- 34930000 · Marine equipment
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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