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title: "Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)"
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# Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/acoustic-doppler-current-profiler-adcp-ocds-h6vhtk-06b542). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Northumbria at Newcastle: "Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)". 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:** [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/acoustic-doppler-current-profiler-adcp-ocds-h6vhtk-06b542#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b542`

## 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/acoustic-doppler-current-profiler-adcp-ocds-h6vhtk-06b542#tl-md)

## Description
Northumbria University has procured an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) to support the Drivers of Oceanic Change in the Amundsen Sea (DeCAdeS) project. This specialized oceanographic equipment is critical for the continuous, long-duration, and high-precision mapping of continuous, high-resolution vertical current velocity profiles across the wider water column beneath and around ice shelves in extreme environments.
The instrument ensures the gathering and high-reliability retrieval of vital, column-wide hydrodynamic parameters—including current speed gradients, directional vectors, and acoustic backscatter data layers—allowing researchers to analyze ocean-ice interactions and support advanced research into ice shelf evolution upon completion of the monitoring cycle. The selected provider was chosen as the successful bidder as their proposal offered the best combination of technical compliance, reliability, and integration compatibility with existing project infrastructure, while meeting the precise scientific specifications required for this research framework.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38290000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SADERET LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157247`
  - Value: US$96,711 † (inc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: US$96,711
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056305-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-15T14:52:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:41:14.231Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b542