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# Cefas · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Cefas is a UK Contracting Authority based in East of England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 216 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Cefas
- **Classification:** UK Contracting Authority
- **Delivery Region:** East of England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-31072` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 216
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £13m (median award: £34k) across 145 of 145 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 17 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 12% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 4% above the published estimate (median of 2 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 159 (99%), Framework: 2 (1%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 115 (71%), Open: 41 (25%), Route not published: 3 (2%), Limited / restricted: 1 (1%), Selective: 1 (1%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 11 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
2. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 9 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
3. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 7 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
4. **[Supporting and auxiliary transport; travel](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/supporting-and-auxiliary-transport-services-travel-agencies--63000000) (CPV 63):** 6 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
5. **[Transport equipment and products](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-equipment-vehicles-34000000) (CPV 34):** 4 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Marine Science Support Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/marine-science-support-ltd-coh-07569286):** 7 procedures (9 awards)
2. **[Briggs Marine Contractors Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/briggs-marine-contractors-limited-coh-sc114978):** 5 procedures
3. **[Ocean Ecology](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ocean-ecology-coh-08961638):** 5 procedures (7 awards)
4. **[RS Aqua Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/rs-aqua-ltd-coh-01661817):** 4 procedures
5. **[Illumina Cambridge Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/illumina-cambridge-ltd-coh-03625145):** 4 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Sunbeam Fishing Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sunbeam-fishing-limited-coh-sc177904):** £1.2m · [CEFAS26-75 Contract for provision of pelagic trawler vessel for the IESNS survey](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas26-75-itt-for-provision-of-pelagic-trawler-vessel-for-the-iesns-survey-ocds-h6vhtk-06d178) · Awarded: 3 Sept 2026
2. **[SeaScope Fisheries Research Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/seascope-fisheries-research-limited-coh-08245880):** £750k · [CEFAS26-10 Provision of Offshore Observer Services for Biological Data Collection](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas26-10-offshore-and-onshore-observer-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-060e51) · Awarded: 16 Mar 2026
3. **[Amplitude Event Solutions](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/amplitude-event-solutions-coh-09874604):** £600k · [CEFAS25-03 Contract for event facilitation services in the UK and overseas](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas25-03-contract-for-event-facilitation-services-in-the-uk-and-overseas-ocds-h6vhtk-04e621)
4. **[Marine Science Support Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/marine-science-support-ltd-coh-07569286):** £500k · [CEFAS25-25 Contract for provision of intertidal Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) flights for Hinkley Point C Nuclear New Build project](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas25-25-contract-for-provision-of-intertidal-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-flights-for--ocds-h6vhtk-05065b)
5. **[LandScope Engineering Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/landscope-engineering-ltd-coh-05178492):** £500k · [CEFAS25-80 Contract for Bathymetric surveys Sizewell C for the BEEMS programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas25-80-contract-for-bathymetric-surveys-sizewell-c-for-the-beems-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-056661)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 45
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 67
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Cefas intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt