# Oceanographic Instruments

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON](/buyers/university-of-southampton/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Marlin-Yug Ltd
- Award value: £60,000
- Tender value: £40,000
- Award date: 18 November 2020
- Published: 3 March 2021
- Contract start: 1 January 2021
- Contract end: 31 December 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: dec38bbf-0f30-49b5-b629-2e94c6e656cb-417065
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-30b622e6-54fa-420a-bdca-a400bbcd778c

## Description

For research in the field of physical oceanography of the sea ice-covered Southern Ocean, OES has a requirement to procure 6 temperature-profiling drifting buoys\. The buoys will be deployed in the region of the Weddell Sea \(Maud Rise\) where open-ocean polynyas form in some winters, leading to intense deep-ocean ventilation and Antarctic bottom water formation\. Their purpose will be to measure the evolution of the upper-ocean hydrographic structure at high temporal resolution during a 1-year deployment between early 2021 and early 2022\. Data from the buoys will be integrated with measurements from moorings and profiling floats deployed in the same area in a study of the atmosphere and ocean dynamics that control the emergence and persistence of open-ocean polynyas in the region\. All proposals should include delivery of the units \(as fully-integrated system\), an operating manual and the ability to provide remote technical support during at-sea operations\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dec38bbf-0f30-49b5-b629-2e94c6e656cb-417065)