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CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
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Total contracts
160
Known spend
£140m
154 disclosed
Average value
£907,880
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Marine Science Support Ltd
6 winslatest 17 Feb 2026£2m
- 2
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd
4 winslatest 21 Sept 2026£404,925
- 3
ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
£167,214
- 4
University of Exeter
3 winslatest 10 Sept 2026£1m
- 5
RS Aqua Ltd
3 winslatest 23 Mar 2026£127,406
- 6
The University of Hull
3 winslatest 29 Jun 2026£92,653
- 7
GT Vision Ltd
3 winslatest 05 Mar 2026£86,412
- 8
Earlham Institute
2 winslatest 10 Sept 2026£1m
- 9
University of Plymouth
2 winslatest 10 Sept 2026£1m
- 10
LandScope Engineering
2 winslatest 17 Nov 2025£1m
What they buy
By CPV categoryTravel & freightCPV 63
1 contract · £9m
SoftwareCPV 48
1 contract · £2m
Business servicesCPV 79
1 contract · £600,000
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
1 contract · £250,000
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
1 contract · £250,000
Transport servicesCPV 60
1 contract
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (160)
Vessel charter for buoy deployment
Contract for the requirement to charter a vessel for the deployment of a guard buoy and wave rider buoy at our Torness site, 55°58.786N, 2°24.564W and Firth of Forth site, 56°11.26
CEfas25-40 bespoke smart sea tag boxes recording tag
Procurement of specialised fish measurement boxes allowing survey team to read tags, record location, and measure the length of the fish.
CEFAS25-44 underwater noise - purchase of five new noise recorders
Purchase of five new noise recorders. It is a stand-alone unit with recorder, batteries, memory cards. It can be deployed to 1000m water depths and record for up to 5 months.
CEFAS25-54 contract for lone worker system support
Contract for the provision of enhanced support for Cefas emergency lone worker telephone system (Ascom hardware) including preventative maintenance and pro-active monitoring.
CEFAS25-55 contract for the supply of a precision cutting machine
Cefas require a cutting machine to compliment a suite of cutting machines that contribute to the processing of over 60k otoliths annually. This machine will be mainly used for the
CEFAS25-48 contract for beems remote piloted aircraft (RPA) surveys at hinkley point C
Provision of services to conduct intertidal Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) flights to monitor potential coastal change and intertidal algal coverage for Hinkley Point C Nuclear Ne
CEFAS25-35 the provision of africa regional support requirements
Cefas, along with other UK government Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), lead and deliver a variety of international projects across the African region, supporting countries to tackle mar
CEFAS25-02 application for experts to SBE development advisory panel (DAP)
Cefas are advertising for applications for the Appointment of experts to the Sustainable Blue Economies (SBE) Technical Assistance Platform Development Advisory Panel (DAP). The Su
CEFAS25-27 contract for research into water quality
Contract for post-doctoral student to support a study which will look at water quality solutions for coral reefs and seagrasses. The R&D study will develop a toolkit to guide pract
CEFAS25-56 icmss conference exeter events
6 Days venue hire for the International Conference of Molluscan Shellfish Safety
CEFAS25-03 contract for event facilitation services in the UK and overseas
Provision of facilitation and associated services for workshops and events, both in the UK and overseas. Provision of services to support, both UK based and internationally, for th
King scallop dredge stock survey assessment - may survey only
As part of an ongoing research project, Cefas is collaborating with Defra and industry partners for the provision of the 2025 May king scallop dredge survey services. This Contract
CEFAS25-42 illumina NextSeq2000 sequencing consumables
Illumina sequencing consumables required to projects on the Illumina NextSeq2000
CEFAS25-43 hire of trinity house guard buoys essential for waverider buoys protection
Hire of Trinity House guard buoys for 14 locations around the UK. These are essential as tehy provide protection to out Waverider buoys at these locations.
CEFAS25-41 essential training for fieldwork activities
Training Course on Essentials of working in on or near water and Emergency First Aid Training
CEFAS25-48 contract for provision of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flights for hinkley point C
The BEEMS (British EDF Estuarine and Marine Studies) programme is funded by NNB Generation Company (HPC) Limited. Through this programme, Cefas provide authoritative scientific inf
CEFAS25-21 anchorlab licenses for remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment
Provision of licenses for Remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment onboard various vessels, to allow collection and analysis of data.
CEFAS25-28 data study for detection of oil spills using satellite data
The goal of the data study is to automatically detect actively leaking shipwrecks in a way that can be scaled up on a cloud platform to monitor hundreds of shipwreck sites simultan
CEFAS25-24 equipment maintenance agreement for waveriders
Provision of servicing and maintenance of WaveRiders for Cefas WaveNet Project, located in various regions around UK waters. The equipment requires regular maintenance and calibrat
CEFAS24-151 contract for the provision to provide king scallop dredge surveys
As part of an ongoing research project, Cefas is collaborating with Defra and industry partners to carry out dredge fishing surveys with the aim of determining harvestable biomass