Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Government · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Ocean Ecology Limited SME
- Value
- £199,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Research & development · Research laboratory services (CPV 73111000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 052880-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date29 May 2026
- Published4 Jun 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate, seek to appoint a suitably qualified Supplier to deliver specialist laboratory analysis in support of the ECOCHANGE programme. ECOCHANGE (Ecosystem Consequences of Changes to Habitats and implications for a Net Gain Energy approach) is investigating how marine growth on offshore wind infrastructure influences food web dynamics within the North Sea. The outputs of this contract will provide essential ecological evidence to inform Scotland’s Marine Nature Positive policy development. To support this work, the Supplier will analyse a range of marine biological samples collected across the North Sea. This includes up to 245 Day Grab sediment samples for infauna identification (ID), with most samples supplied frozen and up to 20% preserved in formalin for detailed ID, abundance and biomass assessment. Each grab sample set will also include a 50 ml subsample for Particle Size Analysis (PSA). The requirement further includes stomach content analysi…
About the supplier
Ocean Ecology Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08961638).