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The provision of Ocean Bottom Seismograph (OBS)

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Tenderline Synopsis: University of Plymouth: "The provision of Ocean Bottom Seismograph (OBS)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUniversity of PlymouthScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
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Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for University of Plymouth. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Abbott Nutrition LtdTop vendor: 38.5% of attributable value
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Coverage: 6 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Abbott Nutrition Ltd1 win£166,666
Nualtra Limited1 win£166,666
SPARKFORMS LIMITED1 win£99,351
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUniversity of Plymouth
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
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CompetitionNot published
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Published4 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
Last source update4 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f219
What is being bought
The University of Plymouth requires the provision of Ocean Bottom Seismographs (OBS), associated equipment, and specialist operational and technical support services to support the ACE Project in Antarctica. The requirement includes the mobilisation, deployment, recovery and management of six OBS units for a long-term marine geophysical research programme, together with specialist expertise in experimental planning, design, implementation and data acquisition. Funding relevant to this notice benefits from European Research Council (ERC) grant funding under Project 101169829 - Antarctic Canyon Experiment (ACE)
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    4 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    4 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    4 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    4 Sept 2026, 11:31 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #LOT-0000
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Sept 2026, 11:34 BST
  2. Award pending
    1 Sept 2026, 01:00 BST · £408,296
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Ocean-Bottom Instrumentation Consortium
£408,296 · 1 Sept 2026, 01:00 BST · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

University of Plymouth

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PQHL-4825-PGGL
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  • University of Plymouth
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PQHL-4825-PGGL
    Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, UKK41, PL4 8AA, GB
    megan.worth@plymouth.ac.uk
    +44 01752588167

  • Ocean-Bottom Instrumentation Consortium
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PGQN-9143-QPVD
    The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road,, Durham, UKC14, DH1 3LE, GB
    info@obs.ac.uk
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