# Cefas — UK public sector contract awards

> A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices.

## Key facts

- Awards: 836
- Known award value: £40,493,534
- Distinct suppliers: 332
- First award: 7 October 2002
- Latest award: 14 April 2026

## Top suppliers

- [Ocean Ecology](/suppliers/ocean-ecology/public-sector-contract-awards) — 14 awards
- [Marine Science Support Ltd](/suppliers/marine-science-support/public-sector-contract-awards) — 12 awards
- [APEM](/suppliers/apem/public-sector-contract-awards) — 8 awards
- Seastar survey — 8 awards
- [Illumina Cambridge](/suppliers/illumina-cambridge/public-sector-contract-awards) — 7 awards

## Contract awards

### [CEFAS25-15 Provision of Mobile Voice Service and Mobile Data Connectivity](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-82be36f1-dfae-4be4-aaab-0b1f5dcfa346)

CEFAS · Vodafone UK Ltd · £150,000 · 15 November 2024 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-19 technical advisory services to support Hinkley Point](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-835b15e2-1479-43dd-8f40-1a9408785ba9)

Cefas · The Marine Biological Association of the UK · £20,000 · 27 March 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-71 Contract for provision of services to collect data from seagrass habitats in Sri Lanka, under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme \(OCPP\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b45e716b-8539-403b-8959-26be5cb27bed)

Cefas · Blue Resources Trust · £89,959 · 1 July 2024 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-26 Contract for BEEMS Compensation Expert \(Seagrass\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cd303e1c-4007-4344-8640-083032686cc7)

Cefas · Dr Richard Unsworth · £17,000 · 7 February 2024 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-31 Contract for Analysis of Sediment Samples for mNCEA](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-34fab1de-3595-463b-9dd9-3a66e1e1f72a)

Cefas · UKRI as represented by British Geological Survey · £16,680 · 12 February 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-11 Contract for the provision of Venue and Accommodation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ab62b080-44a5-4e4f-8b1e-b79733e1c434)

Cefas · Leonardo Hotel Plymouth · £10,915 · 22 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-33 Contract for Illumina sequencing consumables](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f7a05149-f65d-4f02-8783-3a89736ffd63)

CEFAS · Illumina Cambridge · £47,779 · 1 March 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-10 Contract for services to conduct phytoplankton sample analysis](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c476845f-176e-472d-a664-6f22f7f95c7e)

CEFAS · APEM Ltd · £9,100 · 21 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-09 Contract for emergency vessel charter for recovery of Smartbuoy](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-46bd4f51-41a3-4907-bb9e-dac8261ec02d)

CEFAS · Eastern Marine Limited · £85,936 · 20 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-08 Contract for bespoke acoustic fish tags](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b193b244-b352-432f-bab4-1033f60aae1c)

Cefas · RS Aqua Ltd · £59,536 · 24 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-02 Applications for the Appointment of experts to the Sustainable Blue Economies \(SBE\) Technical Assistance Platform Development Advisory Panel \(DAP\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c055e9d8-264a-4e81-97d3-2564107ecd3f)

Cefas · 13 March 2025 · open\_tender

### [CEFAS24-111 Contract for marine litter image annotation services on Ocean Country Partnership Programme \(OCPP\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c74a426b-2d05-41d5-82da-e2d5f38270fc)

Cefas · Envision · £47,933 · 16 December 2024 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-149 Delivery of Climate change education with British Council in Sri Lanka under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme \(OCPP\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-264f9464-0024-4a32-bed4-f463a42875a8)

Cefas · British Council Sri Lanka · £40,000 · 19 February 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-145 Contract for Bathymetry Surveys at Sizewell C](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4d0fc7bd-6249-44e2-a8a7-ead1a7a3c646)

CEFAS · Spectrum Geosurvey Limited · £48,426 · 5 March 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-14 contract for Citrix Licenses](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-90f7d07c-fb0f-4a67-a420-e166eb7f6016)

Cefas · Phoenix Software Ltd · £59,664 · 18 February 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-03 Contract for provision of services for scientific workshop and event facilitation and associated services, in the UK and overseas\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fd108050-332f-485e-acf4-50694043b285)

Cefas · 21 February 2025 · open\_tender

### [CEFAS24-123 Contract to conduct Education Awareness Programme in Madagascar for under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme \(OCPP\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cd124058-e6ff-4ee1-a433-251fe7e66889)

Cefas · 3 V4 December 2023 Classification: OFFICIAL Conservation Centr&\# · £100,000 · 4 February 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS25-04 Contract for provision of foundational regional analyses to inform Sustainable Blue Economies \(SBE\) delivery in SIDS and associated services under the CLEAN Helpdesk remit\. Awarded in association with the FCDO CLEAN Helpdesk](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f3f4858f-843b-4af9-add5-fd406ce02559)

Cefas · South South North Projects \(Africa\) PBO · £30,090 · 6 February 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-143 Contract for the provision to provide intertidal rock platform monitoring surveys at Hinkley Point\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-924387ad-18c5-484f-91b5-7d6a58ec3abd)

Cefas · Marine Science Support Ltd · £300,000 · 28 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-159 Contract for the provision of technical advisory services on risk assessment in Senegal under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7edfa732-26f4-4fe6-a120-a851de692bbe)

Cefas · Triox Environmental Emergencies · £44,200 · 24 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-146 Contract for Light Detection & Ranging \(LiDAR\) surveys at Sizewell\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-dbb4302e-46e5-4a2d-8d37-39a165593798)

Cefas · HexCam Ltd · £30,102 · 24 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-164 Contract for IT professional services to develop POC via RM6292](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3e822ee2-56fc-4c2e-b326-d39ea6e95dd9)

Cefas · Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd · £81,200 · 20 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-142 Contract for NOC as Tier 2 Partner in the Sustainable Blue Economies \(SBE\) Platform](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-94602dcf-aa98-452f-a6c4-08507df259d7)

Cefas · National Oceanography Centre · £57,000 · 13 January 2025 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-117 Contract for the provision to provide RPA flights at Hinkley Point C](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-81b521d1-9ae9-47ec-928b-dcd809603912)

Cefas · APEM Ltd · £334,750 · 19 December 2024 · awarded

### [CEFAS24-151 ITT for the provision to provide King Scallop Dredge Surveys](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-feacbad4-cb9c-46dd-afd0-c79796bf0cb7)

Cefas · 23 December 2024 · open\_tender

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