# Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEFRA](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £210,000
- Published: 15 June 2023
- Planned start: 30 September 2023
- Planned end: 30 September 2025
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4518a11c-7c47-49f7-a1da-fad41d3b90c2-653719
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-10969b12-bbcd-4800-854f-a129af293fa7

## Description

The Environment Agency is responsible for the management of The National Tide Gauge Network on behalf of the UK Coastal Flood Forecasting service\. The network consists of c\.135 sensors situated at 42 strategically important sites around the UK coastline\. These gauges have a variety of uses within real time operational coastal flood forecasting, flood risk management mapping and planning, and sea level studies\. To ensure that the data are of use and continued value to UKCFF partners as well as the wider community we need to ensure that the continuity of the long-term data record is maintained, quality controlled, archived to a common standard and publicly accessible\. In the coming weeks, The Environment Agency's Monitoring Contracts Team will be going out to tender for the Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive contract\. This will comprise of a number of elements encompassing receiving, quality controlling, compiling, storing and publishing data; maintaining site records and producing reports \. If you have proven credibility and experience of Quality assurance of marine time series for and can demonstrate a strong and consistent processing methodologies for making high quality tide gauge data available for our community of users please ensure that you are registered with the Environment Agency's new procurement portal Atamis to receive this ITT when it is published\. If you would like to receive this ITT when it is published, email the below address using the title Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive in your email and include confirmation you have registered\. If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to click register from the landing pace and complete the required form https://defra-family\.force\.com/s/Welcome To search for tendering opportunities that have been published by the buying organisation, click Find Opportunities

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4518a11c-7c47-49f7-a1da-fad41d3b90c2-653719)