# GB-Lowestoft: Cefas requirement for a 24hr provisional of an on board hydrographic surveyor \(multibeam, bathymetry and backscatter\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Cefas](/buyers/cefas/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £25,000
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Planned start: 29 October 2016
- Planned end: 9 November 2016
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 68dccd35-8049-4375-a0b0-1dccc55761ff-111351
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-45a4aa87-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

PLEASE REGISTER AS A SUPPLIER ON THE DELTA E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL RFQ DETAILS Cefas, in partnership with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee \(JNCC\) and Natural England \(NE\), are undertaking a multidisciplinary offshore survey on board RV Cefas Endeavour\. This survey is in support of DEFRAs data gathering exercise to support the ongoing monitoring of The UK’s offshore Marine Protected Areas network and aims to collect a mix of seabed imagery, sediment samples and acoustic data from the Pisces Reef Complex SAC and Utopia MCZ\. To support this survey Cefas are looking to hire the capacity of two on board hydrographic surveyors to calibrate the multibeam, update the SIS software, oversee acquisition, and process multibeam bathymetry/ backscatter data from a Kongsberg EM2040 system\. The surveyor must be competent in using SIS for acquisition, CARIS HIPS and FMGT and be available on board the Cefas Endeavour MCZ survey in October 2016\. Other survey staff will be available to acquire these data and make the raw files available for processing\. However, the hydrographic surveyors must be capable of overseeing acquisition Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68dccd35-8049-4375-a0b0-1dccc55761ff-111351)