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title: "Fish Stomach Content & Benthic Sample Analysis"
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# Fish Stomach Content & Benthic Sample Analysis

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fish-stomach-content-benthic-sample-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-066435). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "Fish Stomach Content & Benthic Sample Analysis". Published status: complete. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental monitoring other than for construction, Laboratory services, Research laboratory services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £199,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-066435`

## 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/fish-stomach-content-benthic-sample-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-066435#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fesop%2Fpts-host%2Fpublic%2Fpts%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fish-stomach-content-benthic-sample-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-066435#participate

## Description
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate, seek to appoint a suitably qualified Supplier to deliver Fish Stomach Content & Benthic Sample Analysis.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73111000, 90711500
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate, seek to appoint a suitably qualified Supplier to deliver specialist laboratory analysis in support of the ECOCHANGE programme. ECOCHANGE (Ecosystem Consequences of Changes to Habitats and implications for a...
- **Contract Period:** 07/06/2026 to 07/02/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 052880-2026-Case 799938-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ocean Ecology**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170285`
  - Value: £199,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 052880-2026-Case 799938-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £199,000
  - Signed Date: 28/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F052880-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-04T13:46:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T11:07:11.453Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-066435