CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
- Estimated value
- £100,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- UK-wide
- Buyer in London
- Trade
- Security
- Unmanned underwater vehicles
- Documents
- On Atamis
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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.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 100083-2026
- Buyer
- CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
- Buyer’s region
- London
- Where the work is
- UK-wide
- Listed on Evendraft under
- UK-wide tenders (a national buyer)
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026
- Tender deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Questions by
- 10 Nov 2026, 17:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £100,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Security
- CPV codes
- 35512400 Unmanned underwater vehicles
- Procedure
- Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
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- YesGood for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
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