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title: "Otter Platform Management and Use"
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# Otter Platform Management and Use

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/otter-platform-management-and-use-ocds-h6vhtk-06bb39). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Environment Agency: "Otter Platform Management and Use". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Environment Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/environment-agency-gov-ea199)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £163,818 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/otter-platform-management-and-use-ocds-h6vhtk-06bb39#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06bb39`

## 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/otter-platform-management-and-use-ocds-h6vhtk-06bb39#tl-md)

## Description
The objective of this Contract is to maintain the infrastructure to deliver Otter Platform Management services. 
This Contract aims to enable continued monitoring of chemical exposure in otters through the Cardiff University Otter Project (CUOP), supporting the necessary infrastructure to make long-term use of otter samples and to generate and make data publicly accessible.
This Contract has an initial term of nine (9) months, with two (2) optional one (1) + one (1) ex-tension years which will be exercised via a Contract Change Note issued by the Buyer subject to confirmation of funding and operational requirements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73110000, 85200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Cardiff University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-74662`
  - Value: £163,818 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Otter Platform Management and Use (active)
  - Signed Value: £163,818
  - Signed Date: 22/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F059023-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-23T13:47:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T20:58:21.948Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06bb39