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# Bottlenose Dolphin Monitoring in Cardigan Bay 2022 - 2026

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bottlenose-dolphin-monitoring-in-cardigan-bay-2022-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-0323ba). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Natural Resources Wales: "Bottlenose Dolphin Monitoring in Cardigan Bay 2022 - 2026". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £350,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Natural Resources Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/natural-resources-wales-gov-ot1103)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £350,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 April 2022 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Data capture services, Environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0323ba`

## 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/bottlenose-dolphin-monitoring-in-cardigan-bay-2022-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-0323ba#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.shtml)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bottlenose-dolphin-monitoring-in-cardigan-bay-2022-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-0323ba#participate

## Description
Contract to monitor bottlenose dolphins in the Cardigan Bay SAC and Pen Llyn a’r Sarnau SAC between 2022 and 2026 using Capture Mark Recapture (CMR) and Line Transect survey (Distance sampling) techniques with a further option to include CMR off the Anglesey and North Wales coast depending upon the annual budget allocation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72313000, 90700000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Contract Period:** 12/05/2022 to 12/05/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018434-2022-90946-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Sea Watch Foundation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118740`
  - Value: £326,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018434-2022-90946-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £326,000
  - Signed Date: 31/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018434-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-06T09:05:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:20:20.177Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0323ba