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# UK Cetacean Bycatch Observation Scheme – Assessment of Bycatch of Protected Species in UK Fisheries

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-cetacean-bycatch-observation-scheme-assessment-of-bycatch-of-protected-species-in-uk-fi-ocds-h6vhtk-02e634). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Network eTendering Portal: "UK Cetacean Bycatch Observation Scheme – Assessment of Bycatch of Protected Species in UK Fisheries". Published status: complete. Published 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:** [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal-GB-FTS-99321)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,093,938 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e634`

## 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/uk-cetacean-bycatch-observation-scheme-assessment-of-bycatch-of-protected-species-in-uk-fi-ocds-h6vhtk-02e634#tl-md)

## Description
The contract provides estimates of the accidental catches in UK fisheries.  This is certain key groups of protected species, which by monitoring a selected sample of fishing operations and by analysis of fleet behaviour, can provide an understanding of the conservation threat posed by fisheries to these groups.  The project focuses mainly on marine mammals, birds and sharks.  The main object of the contract is to generate annual bycatch estimates for the marine mammal species recorded and to provide at least summary indicators of the scale of seabird and shark bycatch in the fisheries observed.  The project produces annual reports at the end of every April (every year) tabulating fishing effort by key fishery and by region.  This summarises the bycatch observations and associated estimates of protected species in each yearly bycatch.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Contractor will:  undertake monitoring for 318 days on a range of fishing vessel types, the proportional composition of which will initially follow existing targets already established but which will be modified as appropriate in consultation wit...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** UK Cetacean Bycatch Observation Scheme – Assessment of Bycatch of Protected Species in UK Fisheries (active)
  - Award id: `024261-2021-ecm_49790-1`
  - Supplier(s): **University of St Andrews**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168657`
  - Value: £1,093,938 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** UK Cetacean Bycatch Observation Scheme – Assessment of Bycatch of Protected Species in UK Fisheries (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,093,938
  - Signed Date: 13/04/2017

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024261-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-29T21:45:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:38:28.661Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e634