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

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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