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# 35434 Continuous Plankton Recorder – Multi-decadal Time Series for Pelagic Ecosystems

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/35434-continuous-plankton-recorder-multi-decadal-time-series-for-pelagic-ecosystems-ocds-h6vhtk-033c19). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "35434 Continuous Plankton Recorder – Multi-decadal Time Series for Pelagic Ecosystems". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marine survey services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,760,219 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033c19`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/35434-continuous-plankton-recorder-multi-decadal-time-series-for-pelagic-ecosystems-ocds-h6vhtk-033c19#tl-md)

## Description
The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey is a 90 year long-term marine plankton monitoring programme consisting of a network of transects towed each month across the Atlantic and European shelf seas. The CPR Survey delivers highly important, policy-relevant, strategic research. Research outputs are currently used to monitor changes in marine biodiversity and food webs and have enabled the development of indicators which assess the ecological health of UK regional seas under the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS), the Defra 25 Year Environment Plan and OSPAR biodiversity commitments. OSPAR is the mechanism by which 15 Governments & the EU cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The project has the following objectives:
1.	Maintenance of Core Observing System 
2.	Maintenance of Quality and Expertise 
3.	Innovative Marine Ecological Research
4.	Data Provision and Model Validation

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 35434 Continuous Plankton Recorder – Multi-decadal Time Series for Pelagic Ecosystems (active)
  - Award id: `013684-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Marine Biological Association**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172478`
  - Value: £3,760,219 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 35434 Continuous Plankton Recorder – Multi-decadal Time Series for Pelagic Ecosystems (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,760,219
  - Signed Date: 18/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013684-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-23T06:55:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:15:25.156Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033c19