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title: "Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection"
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# Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 December 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Geological and geophysical instruments, Meteorological instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f8ac`

## 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/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8ac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/profiling-floats-for-ocean-data-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8ac#participate

## Description
Framework Agreement for supply of profiling floats for ocean data collection, covering the following lots:
Lot 1: Standard Argo with Iridium Communications
Lot 2: Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Standard Argo with Iridium Communications
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The floats must carry proven temperature, salinity and pressure sensors that meet the following standards. The temperatures are accurate to ±0.002°C and pressures are accurate to ±2.4dbar. For salinity, the data delivered in real time are sometimes a...
- **Contract Period:** 27/01/2022 to 26/01/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Bio-geochemical floats must be capable of meeting the core (standard) Argo requirements, therefore the floats must carry a proven temperature, salinity and pressure sensor that meets the following standards. The temperatures are accurate to ±0.002°C ...
- **Contract Period:** 27/01/2022 to 26/01/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** Standard Argo with Iridium Communications (active)
  - Award id: `007320-2022-DN583184-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Swale Technologies Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50342`

- **Award:** Standard Argo with Iridium Communications (active)
  - Award id: `007320-2022-DN583184-2`
  - Supplier(s): **NKE Instruments**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-47150`

- **Award:** Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors (active)
  - Award id: `007320-2022-DN583184-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Swale Technologies Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-50342`

- **Award:** Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors (active)
  - Award id: `007320-2022-DN583184-4`
  - Supplier(s): **NKE Instruments**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-47150`

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** Standard Argo with Iridium Communications (active)

  - Signed Date: 17/03/2022

- **Contract:** Standard Argo with Iridium Communications (active)

  - Signed Date: 17/03/2022

- **Contract:** Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors (active)

  - Signed Date: 17/03/2022

- **Contract:** Iridium Floats with Bio-Geochemical Sensors (active)

  - Signed Date: 17/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007320-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-17T14:31:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:22:47.019Z
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