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ClosedStage · tender

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Management of the Marine Env. Monitoring & Assessment National Database - Plus

IT ServicesCPV 72322000
Value£330k
Deadline24 Nov 2025
Published28 Oct 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 28 Oct 2025ClosedCloses 24 Nov 2025
Who to contact
Alan Green
alan.green@defra.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£330ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

This commission is for the provision of marine data management and support services for the MERMAN+ system (the “Data Manager”).

The role requires demonstrable expertise in marine data management, and both UK and international marine data landscapes, as well as reporting commitments (see below).

The project will ensure delivery of quality-assured marine environmental data to relevant parties and provide an assured evidence-base that will strengthen policy decisions within the UK and Europe.

MERMAN+ data are used to fulfil statutory reporting obligations under the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS) Regulations 2010 and mandatory reporting obligations under the Oslo Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (the OSPAR Convention).

OSPAR commitments are met through the annual onward submission of MERMAN+ data to ICES.

MERMAN+ data are also submitted to European Marine Observation and Data Network (E

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This commission is for the provision

This commission is for the provision of marine data management and support services for the MERMAN+ system (the “Data Manager”).

02

The project will ensure delivery of quality-assured

The project will ensure delivery of quality-assured marine environmental data to relevant parties and provide an assured evidence-base that will strengthen policy decisions within the UK and Europe.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
069089-2025
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