# CEFAS24-143 Contract for the provision to provide intertidal rock platform monitoring surveys at Hinkley Point\.

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

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Cefas](/buyers/cefas/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Marine Science Support Ltd](/suppliers/marine-science-support/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £300,000
- Tender value: £300,000
- Award date: 28 January 2025
- Published: 6 February 2025
- Contract start: 3 February 2025
- Contract end: 31 December 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1559a77d-8dec-4bd7-bec9-642e2d7852f9-823896
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-924387ad-18c5-484f-91b5-7d6a58ec3abd

## Description

Cefas require a supplier to conduct intertidal monitoring surveys for the Hinkley Point C \(HPC\) Nuclear New Build \(NNB\) project to meet regulatory environmental monitoring requirements\. The Hinkley BEEMS \(British EDF Estuarine and Marine Studies\) programme is funded by New Nuclear Build Generation Company \(HPC\) Ltd\. 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 monitoring surveys for the Hinkley Point C \(HPC\) Nuclear New Build \(NNB\) project to meet regulatory environmental monitoring requirements\. The rock platform monitoring programme focuses on the hard substrate habitats present on the foreshore at Hinkley Point, including the Sabellaria alveolata formation and the macroalgae assemblages, with a focus on the species Corallina officinalis\. As such, biological observations are collected every year\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1559a77d-8dec-4bd7-bec9-642e2d7852f9-823896)