# CEFAS24-117 Contract for the provision to provide RPA flights at Hinkley Point C

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Cefas.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Cefas](/buyers/cefas/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [APEM Ltd](/suppliers/apem/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £334,750
- Tender value: £334,750
- Award date: 19 December 2024
- Published: 2 January 2025
- Contract start: 23 December 2024
- Contract end: 31 December 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 41e05dd1-fb20-47bb-81ac-bc7dcf751ed9-814247
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-81b521d1-9ae9-47ec-928b-dcd809603912

## Description

The BEEMS \(British EDF Estuarine and Marine Studies\) programme is funded by NNB Generation Company \(HPC\) Limited\. Through this programme, Cefas provide authoritative scientific information on the marine and transitional waters in the vicinity of potential new build nuclear power stations\. Cefas require a supplier to conduct intertidal Remotely Piloted Aircraft \(RPA\) flights, in accordance with the civil Aviation Authority \(CAA\) guidelines, to monitor potential coastal change and intertidal algal coverage for the Hinkley Point C \(HPC\) Nuclear New Build project to meet regulatory environmental monitoring requirements\. RPA flights and photography are required: \(1\) along the Hinkley Point foreshore, and; \(2\) at Combwich Wharf and the surrounding banks of the River Parrett\. Flight/survey design and equipment specification must be sufficient for Cefas to create orthophotos \(OPs\) and Digital Surface Models \(DSMs\) with a Ground Sampling Distance \(GSD, i\.e\. resolution\) of 3cm/pixel or better \(exceptions noted in Appendix 4 - Specification of Requirements\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/41e05dd1-fb20-47bb-81ac-bc7dcf751ed9-814247)