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
- Value
- £825,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Research & development · Marine research services (CPV 73112000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 093352-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Sep 2026
- Published2 Oct 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The Scottish Marine Strandings Scheme (SMASS) has been in operation since 1992, with principal aim of providing a coordinated approach to the surveillance of cetacean, seal, shark and marine turtle strandings, and to investigate major causes of death of stranded animals in Scotland. Along with undertaking these investigations, SMASS maintains an online database of stranding events as well as hosting annual and end of contract reports on their website. Archived tissue samples from strandings attended by the SMASS team or members of the volunteer network are also stored and managed under the SMASS programme. The data collected is used to inform reporting commitments under statutory obligations (e.g. UK Marine Strategy, OSPAR, ICES).
About the supplier
University Court of the University of Glasgow: every public contract they have won.