Tender

CivTech 11.1 - How can technology help us to manage the impact of Marine Pen Fish Farms more sustainably?

SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY

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Tender

22 Jul 2025 at 00:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, serving as the contracting authority, has initiated a tender titled "CivTech 11.1 - How can technology help us to manage the impact of Marine Pen Fish Farms more sustainably?" under the industry category of general public services. This procurement process, situated in the UK region of North Lanarkshire, is currently in the tender stage, with key dates including a tender period ending on 2nd September 2025 and the same date marking the commencement of the award period. This open procedure is designated for innovative solutions to develop scientifically robust, non-invasive methods to monitor the ecological effects of marine pen fish farms on marine habitats. The procurement is valued at £650,000 and focuses on service delivery within the region.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in environmental technology, scientific research, or marine services to contribute to sustainable aquaculture practices. Ideal participants may include organisations with expertise in ecological assessment tools or innovative monitoring solutions that can operate in sensitive marine environments. The CivTech programme aims to foster collaboration between the public and private sectors to solve substantial environmental challenges while promoting business growth. Participating businesses have the chance to enhance their profile by providing essential services to a high-profile public sector organisation and possibly expand their solutions to a global scale. The open nature of this challenge encourages diverse and forward-thinking approaches, making it particularly suitable for SMEs looking to break into or expand within the public procurement market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CivTech 11.1 - How can technology help us to manage the impact of Marine Pen Fish Farms more sustainably?

Notice Description

This challenge focuses on developing a method or tool to assess impacts of Marine Pen Fish Farms (MPFF) on the ecological communities of hard (rocky) seabeds and protected marine habitats where it is neither possible nor appropriate to take a grab sample. What we develop must be a non-invasive and preferably quantitative method to monitor ecological effects. The solution must be scientifically robust and must demonstrate the ability to detect whether MPFF operations remain within environmental limits, supporting sustainable aquaculture practices and the protection of sensitive marine ecosystems.

Lot Information

Lot 1

About CivTech CivTech's mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people's lives better - and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen. Part of the Scottish Government's Digital Directorate, CivTech's approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you - whether you're an individual, team or company - it's an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You'll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here's the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren't 'single organisation' problems - most exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they're developed further [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator - a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech's unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11 https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-1-sustainable-aquaculture-industry

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000804848
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL535169
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
2 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY
Contact Name
Iain Miller
Contact Email
iain.miller@gov.scot
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
HOLYTOWN, NORTH LANARKSHIRE
Postcode
ML1 4WQ
Post Town
Motherwell
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM34 North Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
North Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Mossend and Holytown
Westminster Constituency
Airdrie and Shotts

Further Information

Notice Documents

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