Provision of a Kongsberg EK-80 Echo Sounder System
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Kongsberg Discovery AS
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances
- Published
- 19 February 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
This contract was for the provision of a Kongsberg EK‑80 Echo Sounder System, including subsea wideband transceiver units, associated software licences, and a set of specialist depth‑rated transducers for underwater research applications. The scope covered the supply of WBT Tube subsea transceivers, frequency‑band licences, calibration reference targets, dummy loads, an Ethernet test cable, and both ES200‑7CDK and ES70‑18CD split‑beam transducers, as detailed in the accepted quotation. The equipment was supplied as complete, ready‑to‑deploy components suitable for installation on subsea platforms and autonomous marine systems. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published19 February 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date19 February 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date1 April 2027in 5 months
About the buyer
National Oceanography Centre is one of the world's top oceanographic institutions, and a dedicated procurement team runs its purchasing. Much of its buying goes through pre-negotiated framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. A framework covers refit, maintenance and equipment support for research vessels including RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook. Just over 1,400 suppliers work with the centre, four in five of them based in the UK.
Over the past 5 years, most of National Oceanography Centre's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, construction work and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov |
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