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CEFAS25-78 Contract for the supply of a multi-channel CTD logger

Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science

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Key details

Contracting authority
Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Lowestoft
Contract value
£34,325ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
12 August 2025

Procurement

Contract period
12 August 2025 - 12 August 2026
~1 year (est.)
Procedure type
Below threshold - without competition
CPV classifications
  • 38432000 Detection and analysis apparatus

What happened

Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science awarded this contract to RS Aqua Ltd worth £34,325 on 11 Aug 2025. The contract runs until 12 Aug 2026.

Description

Cefas require provision of 1 multi-channel CTD logger as follows:

1. Technical Requirement

  • Pressure rating required is 500dbar
  • Unit Material: Polyoxymethylene (POM)
  • Unit must have Fast 8Hz sampling
  • - Unit requires a Blank battery end-cap
  • - Must have option for Wi-Fi [2000dbar max]
  • - Unit to include a Cage for RBRconcerto or RBRmaestro with cone
  • - Unit must be inclusive of a Combined CT kit: Inductive marine with fast response temperature
  • [750dbar max]
  • - Unit to include Piezo resistive gauge included
  • - Unit to include Dissolved oxygen kit: T.ODO [bulkhead, 6000dbar max]
  • - Unit to include PAR kit: cosine [cabled, 0.6m, 2000dbar max]
  • - Unit to include Tridente kit: bb.chl-a.fDOM [cabled, 0.6m, 6000dbar max]

2. Environmental Considerations

  • Unit should have an ultra low power consumption.
  • Unit should be designed for reuse/remanufacture and of regenerative nature to eliminate waste where possible.
  • Consideration of how packaging will be managed. Ideally at the time of installation the supplier will remove packaging and dispose of by ethical and environmentally friendly methods. Where possible packaging is to be re-used or recycled. 3 Compatibility with existing hardware/software/equipment/operating systems
  • Must be compatible with Win11 4 Installation
  • No installation required – will be handled by Cefas 5 Ease of Maintenance
  • Any user maintainable aspects of the system should be described in the bid submission. This is to include any limitations where there are no user serviceable aspects. 6 Warranties, Guarantees, Servicing
  • Warranties will start from the point of acceptance of delivery and once it has been tested. Cefas expect minimum warranty period of 12 months to be included in the purchase.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
RS Aqua Ltd
Award value
£34,325
Award date
11 August 2025

Contact

Address
Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT
Contact name
Laura Anderson

Identifiers

Buyer reference
CEFAS25-78
Notice ID
047838-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0585a3

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