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title: "Purchase & Installation of Echosounder System"
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# Purchase & Installation of Echosounder System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-installation-of-echosounder-system-ocds-h6vhtk-079368). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "Purchase & Installation of Echosounder System". Published status: active. Published Value: £150,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 32 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** £150,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Echo sounders, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Navigational and meteorological instruments, Navigational instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-079368`

## 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/purchase-installation-of-echosounder-system-ocds-h6vhtk-079368#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-installation-of-echosounder-system-ocds-h6vhtk-079368#participate

## Description
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate invites tenders for the purchase and installation of a scientific, multi-frequency, wideband, echosounder system to replace the existing Simrad EK60 echosounder system on our Marine Research Vessel (MRV) Alba Na Mara.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38000000, 38100000, 38110000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The MRV Alba Na Mara, is currently equipped with an aging, ( ~20 years),  scientific echosounder system operating at 3 individual frequencies (38, 120 and 200 kHz). The current system is now unsupported in terms of replacement components. Recently, t...
- **Contract Period:** 06/01/2027 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F102561-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-29T12:09:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T00:55:48.506Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-079368