Official UK procurement notice
CEFAS25-24 Equipment Maintenance Agreement for WaveRiders
Authority: CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of servicing and maintenance of WaveRiders for Cefas WaveNet Project, located in various regions around UK waters. The equipment requires regular maintenance and calibration services to retain full working conditions, and ensure Health and Safety, particularly due to the harsh environment of the equipment being at sea for prolonged periods of time. The equipment is essential for collecting data on a variety of monitoring metrics of the sea state
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Mar 2025, 08:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2025, 10:33 BST
- Authority reference
CEFAS25-24- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014849- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f709Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The UK WaveNet monitoring program, is built on a fleet of DataWell (hardware equipment supplier) wave riders as the gold standard ultra-reliable monitoring device. As well as the required capital investment to replace this existing equipment, a change of platform would be prohibitively expensive and would also need approval from our customer (EA and UKCMF) in order to ensure Cefas was meeting it’s contractual obligations. As such the continues use of the DWR Mk3 instruments is essential, and RS Aqua is the only UK representative for DataWell to provide the necessary calibration and maintenance and servicing requirements.
- Risks
- Adverse weather event o A significant poor weather event at sea could cause loss and/or damage to WaveRider equipment, resulting in damage and/or replacement requirement beyond that accounted for in the Contract. o This could result in additional parts and services required from the Supplier and therefore additional costs. o Unable to address the risk upfront as weather is beyond control of Buyer or Supplier (other than through proportionate mitigation for some weather risk which is provided for in the Contract). o Risk assigned to Buyer and Supplier. 2. Vessel / infrastructure collision o A vessel or other infrastructure collision at sea could cause loss and/or damage to WaveRider equipment, resulting in damage and/or replacement requirement beyond that accounted for in the Contract. o This could result in additional parts and services required from the Supplier and therefore additional costs. o Unable to address the risk upfront as operation of third party vessels is beyond control of Buyer or Supplier. Mitigations to minimise an incident as best as possible are in place including guard buoys. o Risk assigned to Buyer and Supplier 3. Addition of new WaveRider equipment o Requirement to add new WaveRider equipment to new sites at sea due to increased demand for monitoring. o This could result in additional maintenance requirements for the new equipment and therefore additional costs. o Risk assigned to Buyer.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2025 → 14 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends1 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published14 Apr 2025, 10:33 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Mar 2025- Transparency notice published21 Mar 2025, 08:36 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Mar 2025, 13:08 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Apr 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Apr 2025, 10:33 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS Aqua LtdSME +1 morejoint award3 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 | £250,000 | 20 Mar 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
CEFAS25-24 Contract for Equipment Maintenance Agreement for WaveRiders · RS Aqua LtdSME +1 more
- Signed
- 2 Apr 2025
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- 3 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- R.S. AQUA LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- R.S. AQUA LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender