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title: "Provision of Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs"
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# Provision of Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-broadband-ocean-bottom-seismographs-ocds-h6vhtk-029d73). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Southampton: "Provision of Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £375,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Southampton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-southampton-urn-133879)
- **Published Value:** £375,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 April 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Detection and analysis apparatus, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029d73`

## Before you bid
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- **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/provision-of-broadband-ocean-bottom-seismographs-ocds-h6vhtk-029d73#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofsouthampton%2Faspx%2Fhome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-broadband-ocean-bottom-seismographs-ocds-h6vhtk-029d73#participate

## Description
The University of Southampton sought to procure a small number (5-10 depending on cost) of broadband ocean-bottom seismographs to assess their interoperability with its existing instrument pool, with a view to expand these numbers in the mid-to-longer term. They would have been used primarily for solid Earth imaging using natural sources of seismic energy (e.g. earthquakes, ocean waves) and would also have been used in experiments that use man-made controlled seismic sources (e.g. airguns).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 38000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £375,000
- **Description:** The Ocean-Bottom Instrumentation Facility (OBIF) has a successful track record of over 15 years of deploying a range of autonomous sensors on the seabed. OBIF is funded by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and operated jointly by t...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 028372-2021-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028372-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-12T15:45:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:09:43.852Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029d73