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CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is a UK public sector tender from Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (UK-wide), with an estimated value of £100,000 (excluding VAT). The closing date is .

CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
BuyerCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (London)
Published
Closing date, 12:00 UK time
Estimated value£100,000 (excluding VAT)
CPV code35512400 — Unmanned underwater vehicles
CPV categorySecurity, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
Contract typeGoods
ProcedureOpen procedure
RegionUK-wide
Location—
Marked suitable forSMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), VCSEs (voluntary, community and social enterprises)
SourceFind a Tender, notice 100083-2026

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Summary from the notice

Cefas currently uses hand deployable multi-parameter sondes (CTDs) for collecting water column data. With the advent of easy-to-use small AUVs we wish to supplement these programs with more autonomous data collection. We envision a platform which will collect data comparable with our current…

Official summary as published on Find a Tender (shortened).

How this procurement works

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Who can bid

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Closing date

24 days left: the deadline for tenders is , 12:00 UK time (as of ). Late submissions are normally rejected; check the notice for the exact time and how to submit.

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