# The Marine Biological Association of the UK: UK public-sector contract awards

> Awards naming this organisation as the contract winner.

## Key facts

- Awards: 17
- Known award value: £1,113,548
- First award: 6 March 2023
- Latest award: 13 January 2026

## Top public buyers

- [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards): 6 awards
- [Defra](/buyers/defra/contract-awards): 4 awards
- [Natural England](/buyers/natural-england/contract-awards): 4 awards
- [Environment Agency](/buyers/environment-agency/contract-awards): 2 awards
- [Cefas](/buyers/cefas/contract-awards): 1 awards

## Contract awards

### [RDE981 - MPAs at risk from water quality pressures](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-edb7b150-938d-438e-b9d5-12b59c512ff6)

Natural England · £49,265 · 13 January 2026 · awarded

### [Allonby Bay HPMA Plankton Data Review](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c41696ae-192f-4a9f-829b-82e570863e32)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · £3,225 · 21 January 2025 · awarded

### [Offshore Wind Strategic Monitoring Data Flows](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6ff00676-d27e-4789-8c44-9a1193353927)

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · £38,970 · 20 October 2025 · awarded

### [RDE907 - Prioritising Marine Enhancement Measures](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-61890ae0-e4b0-4c8f-a2fa-5677e8cc8ff4)

Environment Agency · £45,267 · 9 October 2025 · awarded

### [RDE928 - Enhancing the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool - robust data for indic](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e765ea41-99da-4659-aad6-d316597f55e1)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £41,445 · 1 October 2025 · awarded

### [RDE848 - Octopus Outburst Analysis - Common octopus \(Octopus vulgaris\) outbursts](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fa40e15a-990e-4384-a760-49678ae0b112)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £114,728 · 12 August 2025 · awarded

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

Cefas · £20,000 · 27 March 2025 · awarded

### [RDE642 Zooplankton analysis for Allonby Bay HPMA](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-eadb4e34-ea54-473e-9ee1-01b0e2aed27d)

Natural England · £3,360 · 21 August 2024 · awarded

### [RDE572 mNCEA for Kelp Forest Habitats](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d86f84a4-6fcf-4d40-8b74-f3479bd629f7)

Environment Agency · £46,860 · 9 July 2024 · awarded

### [RDE597 Assessing long term trends in Continuous Plankton Recorder data](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-98f3f7c5-0090-40cd-8701-85ff1c31166d)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £59,520 · 31 May 2024 · awarded

### [RDE547 Picoplankton Size Spectra & Drivers of Change](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c390f60b-8405-42a3-9c8c-b12e0dbd4fca)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £59,862 · 24 May 2024 · awarded

### [RDE 569 - Comprehensive marine Non-Native Species \(NNS\) survey for England](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5504e072-9dce-4565-982e-3f5abfc57ca3)

Natural England · £29,808 · 27 May 2024 · awarded

### [RDE 558 - Work Package 1 - Enhancing and utilising estuarine and coastal natural](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-01e64608-01b8-48c4-9e5a-ee5ce68076ec)

Natural England · £42,800 · 16 April 2024 · awarded

### [RDE 476 - Comprehensive marine Non-Native Species \(NNS\) survey for England](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3848b590-c141-40c7-a511-ce579cbfb5e3)

DEFRA · £49,956 · 31 March 2023 · awarded

### [mNCEA Pelagic Monitoring \(NC34\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c6df95dd-0b9c-402d-a3a9-54638a5093bb)

DEFRA · £363,781 · 25 May 2023 · awarded

### [DASSH - The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1ea54ecb-d527-4871-8667-4231f849825d)

DEFRA · £72,351 · 6 March 2023 · awarded

### [DASSH - The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-946c9593-85a0-4095-9a33-48feed54de40)

DEFRA · £72,351 · 6 March 2023 · awarded