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title: "CEFAS23-29 OWEC POSEIDON - LOT 4 (Southwest)"
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# CEFAS23-29 OWEC POSEIDON - LOT 4 (Southwest)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas23-29-owec-poseidon-lot-4-southwest-ocds-h6vhtk-03a6f5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cefas: "CEFAS23-29 OWEC POSEIDON - LOT 4 (Southwest)". Published status: active. Published Value: £340,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cefas](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53)
- **Published Value:** £340,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 March 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research vessel services, Survey vessels
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a6f5`

## 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/cefas23-29-owec-poseidon-lot-4-southwest-ocds-h6vhtk-03a6f5#tl-md)

## Description
POSEIDON (Planning Offshore Wind Strategic Environmental Impact DecisiONs) is a Crown Estate-funded project (Offshore Wind Evidence & Change program (OWEC)) led by Natural England. The aim of the project is to provide tools to inform offshore wind planning, to minimise impacts on the natural environment through avoidance and early awareness of likely mitigation / compensation needs, allowing sustainable expansion of offshore wind. This will be achieved through the collection of strategic environmental baseline data and updated spatial models for key species (receptors), assemblages, and a suite of ecological metrics (diversity, functional traits).<br/><br/>This procurement is for:<br/>Lot 4 - Southwest<br/><br/>Note that Lot 1 (North Sea) and Lot 2 (Irish Sea) of this POSEIDON project were tendered and awarded earlier in 2022 and Lot 3 (Celtic Sea) and Lot 5 (English Channel) were tendered earlier in 2023 and are currently in the process of being awarded.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34513550
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £340,000

- **Contract Period:** 16/04/2023 to 31/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005066-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-20T15:55:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:07:03.193Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03a6f5