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CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE

CEFAS26-78 RfQ for the provision of a marine environmental survey vessel.

TransportCPV 63726800
Value£46k
Deadline24 Jul 2026
Published2 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
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£46ktotal contract value
median £246k
this tender£0£11.8m

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The brief

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Cefas and Natural England (NE) have been working collaboratively to deliver a monitoring survey within the Kentish Knock East (KKNE) Marine Protected Areas (MPA) as part of the ongoing MPA monitoring programme funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Through this programme, Cefas co-ordinates some of the evidence collection for the monitoring of MPAs in English waters.

The survey aims to support NE’s monitoring objectives and provide robust evidence to inform conservation measures (Type 1 monitoring) as well as at assessing the recovery of benthic habitats after the implementation of proposed management m…

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Cefas and Natural England (NE) have been

Cefas and Natural England (NE) have been working collaboratively to deliver a monitoring survey within the Kentish Knock East (KKNE) Marine Protected Areas (MPA) as part of the ongoing MPA monitoring programme funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

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The survey aims to support NE’s monitoring

The survey aims to support NE’s monitoring objectives and provide robust evidence to inform conservation measures (Type 1 monitoring) as well as at assessing the recovery of benthic habitats after the implementation of proposed management measures within the MPA (Type 3 monitoring).

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Cefas and NE are therefore seeking

Cefas and NE are therefore seeking to deliver the remaining objectives of the survey:.

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Cefas requires the use of an MCA

Cefas requires the use of an MCA (MISW) “small workboat” class Category 2 coded survey vessel to support deployment and recovery of environmental survey equipment with a maximum single lift of up to 400 kg.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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Source
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Buyer ref
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