Official UK procurement notice
DAC 03/26 Purchase of FlowCam Cyano
Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe equipment, and associated installation, training and servicing, is required to improve
monitoring of cyanobacteria (blue green algae) in bathing waters and other recreational
sites.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Feb 2026, 16:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Feb 2026, 09:10 GMT
- Authority reference
DAC 03/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-015491- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064a9fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
All public procurements should comply with Public Procurement Policy and Managing
Public Money NI. The value of this Direct Award Contract (DAC) at £170,000 is above the
UK threshold and therefore the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations
2024 apply.
There are direct award justifications provided for under Section 41 and Schedule 5 of the
PA23 which permit a Contracting Authority to award a public contract to a single supplier
where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier, and the
following conditions are met:
(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights,
only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends245 days ago18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published244 days ago20 Feb 2026, 09:10 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published6 Feb 2026, 16:59 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published9 Feb 2026, 08:43 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Feb 2026, 09:10 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Ocean LtdSMEPurchase of FlowCam Cyano20 Feb 2026 – 18 Feb 2029 | £170,000 | 6 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Purchase of FlowCam Cyano · Planet Ocean LtdSME
- Signed
- 19 Feb 2026
- Value
- £170,000
- Period
- 20 Feb 2026 – 19 Feb 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The contract value is not above the relevant threshold
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery – Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Planet Ocean 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