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6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs

Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Surveying
+2 more
North East (UKC1)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Durham University: "6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDurham UniversityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Durham University. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 6 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDurham University
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Jan 2025, 16:58 GMT
Last source update23 Jan 2025, 16:58 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04d5da
What is being bought
The University has a requirement to purchase 6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs The University has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract to Nanaometrics following the expiry of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jan 2025, 16:58 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    23 Jan 2025, 16:58 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    23 Jan 2025, 16:58 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The University has a requirement to purchase 6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs The University has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract to Nanaometrics following the expiry of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Jan 2025, 16:58 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 22 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · £511,360
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Nanometrics Inc
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£511,360 · signed 22 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Durham University

Contracting authority GB-COH-RC000650
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  • Durham University
    buyer

    GB-COH: RC000650
    Mountjoy Centre, Stockton Road, DURHAM, UKC14, DH13LE
    rachael.devlin@durham.ac.uk
    +44 1913348682

  • Durham University
    reviewBody

    Durham, DH1 3LE

  • Nanometrics Inc
    supplier

    3001 Solent Road, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, CA, K2K 2MB
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Ocean-Bottom Instrumentation Facility (OBIF) has a successful track record of deploying a range of autonomous sensors on the seabed for over 20 years. OBIF is funded by the UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and operated jointly by the Universities of Durham and Southampton to support researchers across a broad range of environmental science disciplines. Instrumentation deployments are routinely carried out in water depths ranging from a few 10's of m to over 5000 m, for periods lasting from a few days to more than a year, to measure parameters such as ground vibration, pressure, and electric and magnetic field strengths to address a broad range of specific Earth and environmental science applications. OBIF currently have a fleet of more than 60 autonomous seabed instruments, including a small sub-set of instruments fitted with seismometers that are used for broadband, lower frequency, long deployment duration global seismicity studies. The sole purpose of this procurement is to expand (double) the sub-set of broadband, lower frequency, long deployment-capable instruments to meet increasing user demands and the specific scientific and data requirements of those users. The funding for this purchase was awarded on the basis that the instrumentation purchased is identical to that existing. Consequently, there is a fundamental requirement that the instruments to be purchased are identical in design, capability, operation, sensors and output to the existing set within the Facility. The instruments to be purchased must also be entirely compatible with existing Facility' systems (hardware and software) and approaches to instrument communication (seabed to sea surface) and release (from seabed), and data formatting, harvesting and conversation, QC systems and approaches, and meta data recording. Furthermore, to ensure cost-effective operation within the current financial climate and funding programmes, the systems to be purchased must be compatible with the entire pool of OBIF's existing instruments in terms of consumable types and the interchangeability of recovery sub-systems and spares, to ensure that all operational aspects are consistent across the entire combined pool of instruments.