Tender Results of Cefas

CEFAS24-133 Contract for technical advisory services on risk assessment-Contract for technical advisory services on Risk Assessment Report for Sri Lanka This report will include an assessment of risk of maritime spills and risk to aquatic ecological and socio-economic resources (e.g. commercial fisheries, coastal and marine habitats and species, designated sites, tourism and leisure, marine infrastructure). The Risk Assessment will evaluate data and information from the period 2018 to present to include 2023 data where possible.

CEFAS24-138 Contract for satellite data imagery for Blue Belt island nations-The Blue Belt programme is the UK Government's international marine conservation programme. It works closely with UK Overseas Territories to assist them in creating and maintaining healthy and productive marine ecosystems. As part of this programme, the Cefas coastal processes team have been working on two projects in Anguilla and Diego Garcia, to help monitor erosion of the coastline. A large part of this work is helping to improve the understanding of the natural processes that are occ...

CEFAS24-135 Contract for a ground truthing survey of The Wash and approaches-The Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring programme is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and through this programme, Cefas co-ordinates some of the evidence collection for the monitoring of MPAs in English waters. The Ross Worm Sabellaria spinulosa is a sedentary, epifaunal polychaete worm which builds tubes by consolidating particles of sediment (Limpenny et al, 2010). S. spinulosa is abundant in UK waters, largely existing in solitary form or within s...

CEFAS24-124 contract for IT security review-This contract is a direct award under Lot 1 of RM6100 Technology Services 3. Cefas requires a review of it's IT security configurations including cloud and endpoint security, document protection, authentication and policies and procedures to produce a road map and enable implementation of proposed recommendations and deliverables.

CEFAS24-86 Contract for ITSM Software-Provision of a new, cloud based ITSM system that is versatile, easy to administer and makes use of modern technologies, automating and improving current IT processes and user engagement.

CEFAS24-157 Contract for services to process sargassum sample to test for organics and inorganics-Requirement to have 13 Sargassum samples tested for Organics and Inorganics for ongoing marine monitoring.

CEFAS24-65 contract for HSEQ software-Cefas requires a cloud-based software solution that supports efficient delivery and reporting of a range of health and safety, environment/sustainability, and quality functions covering the following areas: • Lot 1 - Audit management • Lot 2 - Action management • Lot 3 - Document management • Lot 4 - Competency and training management • Lot 5 - E-learning • Lot 6 - Risk assessment • Lot 7 - COSHH management • Lot 8 - Incident reporting and investigation ...

CEFAS24-134 Contract for a geophysical & bathymetric survey of The Wash-The Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring programme is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and through this programme, Cefas co-ordinates some of the evidence collection for the monitoring of MPAs in English waters. The Ross Worm Sabellaria spinulosa is a sedentary, epifaunal polychaete worm which builds tubes by consolidating particles of sediment (Limpenny et al, 2010). S. spinulosa is abundant in UK waters, largely existing in solitary form or within s...

CEFAS24-70 Contract for the analysis of seabed imagery (still images and video)-The Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring programme is funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and through this programme, Cefas co-ordinates some of the evidence collection for the monitoring of MPAs in English waters. Cefas wish to commission a contract for the analysis of imagery collected from two sites in the English Channel in 2023 and 2024. These surveys covered Wight-Barfleur Reef Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Offshore Brighton Marine Conserv...

CEFAS24-110 Contract for desk based study of Pot Fisheries-This is a primarily desk-based study that will summarise existing data for whelk, crab and lobster fisheries to highlight the gaps that exist. Several projects are already completed or underway across the UK that look at innovative methods for fishery dependent data collection (e.g. Bangor University led cameras on crustacean boats, CEFAS led project for fishers to take photo of crab or lobsters). This report will summarise and collate information on all these existing innovations.