# RDE553 Application of Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence to Automate Seabed

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [University of Plymouth](/contract-winners/university-of-plymouth/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £107,280
- Tender value: £107,280
- Award date: 17 April 2024
- Published: 22 April 2024
- Contract start: 10 April 2024
- Contract end: 26 February 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 704065a2-49a4-4d43-b7bc-89b7127bb60b-743186
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8ac10108-07e5-4d4e-8347-19ec1159ed9b

## Description

Visual observation of benthic ecosystems is a key part of Defra's marine ecosystem monitoring\. Large quantities of still imagery and video are collected using a variety of platforms including towed camera sledge, bed-hop cameras, drift cameras, moored cameras, remotely operated vehicles \(ROVs\), and more recently autonomous underwater vehicles \(AUV\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/704065a2-49a4-4d43-b7bc-89b7127bb60b-743186)