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# Open Procurement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-032500). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "Open Procurement". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 16 May 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: defra.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 May 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,949,271 (exc. VAT, 9 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-032500#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032500`

## 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/open-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-032500#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-032500#participate

## Description
To collect data that improves the knowledge of UK fisheries and aquaculture and their interaction with the marine environment and other marine species to support sustainable fisheries management. 
This can include data collection to support the development of Fisheries Management Plans and research to support the development of fisheries management measures which contribute towards the Precautionary, Sustainability, Ecosystem, Bycatch, and Climate Change objectives. The data to be collected and subsequent analysis will be proposed by the UK fishing/seafood industry in collaboration with an appropriate research organisation. 
The Authority will require data to be collected in established ways, as set out in the appropriate MEDIN data collection standards (MEDIN – Marine Environmental Data and Information Network ). 
The Authority will also require data to be openly published by uploading to the appropriate MEDIN data archive centre and by requiring contractors to publish a scientific report that sets out the data collected, the methodology used and analysis of that data.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lot 3 Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 03000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Research into marine aquaculture. Inland and freshwater aquaculture is not currently eligible for funding.
This area of funding will be focussed on improving our understanding of the ecosystem benefits of marine aquaculture, for example aquaculture a...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2022 to 

### Lot 2: Lot 2 Mixed Fisheries and Selectivity
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 03000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The main UK fisheries catch a mix of commercial species and stocks. A key challenge remains in exploiting the fishing opportunities from healthy commercial stocks whilst simultaneously protecting vulnerable stocks and other protected marine species a...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2022 to 

### Lot 3: Lot 3 Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 03000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This area of funding is specifically for research into aquaculture.
This area of funding will be focussed on improving our understanding of the ecosystem benefits of aquaculture, for example aquaculture as a nature-based solution to ecological contam...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2022 to 

### Lot One: Fisheries Data Collection
- **Lot id:** `One`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 03000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 1 Fisheries Data Collection
Enhanced data collection is required to ensure UK fisheries policy, management and negotiation decisions are based on the best possible science and evidence. There are challenges around implementing the sustainable man...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (9)
- **Award:** Evaluating lobster fishery opportunities at an offshore wind farm in the UK (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65322-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Aberystwyth University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-74346`
  - Value: £236,642 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Ecosystem Benefits of UK Oyster Aquaculture Sites (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65323-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Atlantic Edge Oyster Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70762`
  - Value: £129,179 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** The impact of mobile demersal fishing on blue carbon in seabed sediments (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65324-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Bangor University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70049`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Seabed Ecosystem Project (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65325-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Bangor University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70049`
  - Value: £249,999 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Farntastic Project (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65326-4`
  - Supplier(s): **CEFAS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-114807`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** CodSELect (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65328-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Marine Scotland Science**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70763`
  - Value: £179,594 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Monitoring programme to collect biological data on national fisheries (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65329-7`
  - Supplier(s): **The Fish Producers' Organisation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70764`
  - Value: £200,015 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Assessment of seafloor fishing gear interactions and ecosystem response to disturbance (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65330-8`
  - Supplier(s): **Ulster University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-139866`
  - Value: £249,641 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Bass Tissue Bank Project (active)
  - Award id: `035279-2022-65331-9`
  - Supplier(s): **University of Essex**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-45999`
  - Value: £204,202 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (9)
- **Contract:** Evaluating lobster fishery opportunities at an offshore wind farm in the UK (active)
  - Signed Value: £236,642
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** Ecosystem Benefits of UK Oyster Aquaculture Sites (active)
  - Signed Value: £129,179
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** The impact of mobile demersal fishing on blue carbon in seabed sediments (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** Seabed Ecosystem Project (active)
  - Signed Value: £249,999
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** Farntastic Project (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** CodSELect (active)
  - Signed Value: £179,594
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** Monitoring programme to collect biological data on national fisheries (active)
  - Signed Value: £200,015
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** Assessment of seafloor fishing gear interactions and ecosystem response to disturbance (active)
  - Signed Value: £249,641
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

- **Contract:** Bass Tissue Bank Project (active)
  - Signed Value: £204,202
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035279-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-13T16:30:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:41:46.827Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032500