Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Cefas · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- HexCam Ltd
- Value
- £30,102
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Survey services (CPV 79311000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
-
- Contract date24 Jan 2025
- Published29 Jan 2025Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
To support the delivery of the BEEMS Programme, Cefas have the requirement to work with a supplier to assess error margins around estimates of the ground elevation under dune and coastal vegetation at Sizewell-Minsmere. Accurate, or slightly conservative, estimates of the beach and dune surface under vegetation are required to ensure that beach volumes (specifically Soft Coastal Defence Feature (SCDF) volumes) are not over-estimated which could otherwise result in delayed SCDF maintenance triggers and maintenance, and increased risks of SCDF buffer & Hard Coastal Defence Feature (HCDF) exposure. The supplier is required to test the next generation of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors, which have more power and improved laser to penetrate further into the vegetation, against elevations from detailed ground truthing Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Red Green Blue (RGB) optical imagery. Surveys are required to be undertaken when coastal vegetation is at its minima,…
About the supplier
HexCam Ltd: every public contract they have won.