# UK SBS RAPID Telemetry Buoy

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Saderet Ltd
- Award value: £27,377
- Tender value: £27,377
- Award date: 26 January 2017
- Published: 26 January 2017
- Contract start: 27 January 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 6cce7d35-5b82-45f9-88f3-1724bfe3ffe4-127301
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-40f2acd1-f416-46ce-a529-964277d63624

## Description

The NOC's RAPID mission monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation \(MOC\) at 26\.5° has been in place since 2004\. The aim of the mission is to monitor sea temperature fluctuations caused by greenhouse gas emissions and salinity to calculate the current state of large scale ocean currents\. In coordination with the University of Miami and the NOAA, NOC has deployed 19 moorings across the southward Atlantic MOC\. The moorings are recovered annually and serviced every 18 months\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6cce7d35-5b82-45f9-88f3-1724bfe3ffe4-127301)