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title: "UK Seafood Fund - Science & Innovation Pillar - FISP (Part B- Procurement) Round 1"
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# UK Seafood Fund - Science & Innovation Pillar - FISP (Part B- Procurement) Round 1

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02eed0

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## Summary

The public procurement process described is initiated by the Defra Network eTendering Portal, focusing on the "UK Seafood Fund - Science & Innovation Pillar - FISP (Part B- Procurement) Round 1". This procurement falls within the services category, specifically targeting research and development services related to fisheries. It is set in the UK with a status currently marked as complete. The procurement was conducted through an open procedure, allowing wider participation from interested vendors. Key components include a tender period that ended on 22 November 2021, and it involves three distinct lots dealing with Fisheries Data Collection, Mixed Fisheries and Selectivity, and Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture. The main aim is to gather data that supports sustainable fisheries management and policy development.

This tender represents significant opportunities for businesses engaged in research and consultancy services for the fisheries sector, particularly those specialising in marine environmental studies, data collection, and analysis. Companies offering innovative solutions or technologies related to aquaculture, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on environmental sustainability, would be ideally positioned to compete. The insights gained from these projects could lead to enhanced operational flexibility and improved market access for participants in the UK fishing and seafood industry, ultimately contributing to the sustainable management of marine resources.

## Notice

The tenderer will provide research in order to collect data that improves the knowledge of UK fisheries and aquaculture and their interaction with the marine environment and other marine species to support sustainable fisheries management. The data to be collected and subsequent analysis will be proposed by the UK fishing/seafood industry in collaboration with an appropriate research organisation. Defra requires data to be collected in established ways, as set out in the appropriate MEDIN data collection standards (Marine Environmental Data and Information Network), openly published on the appropriate MEDIN data archive centre, and to publish a scientific report that sets out the data collected, the methodology used and analysis of that data. The increase in available data and the improvement of knowledge will benefit the UK Government and the UK seafood industry by providing a greater understanding of UK fish stocks and the interaction with other species and the marine environment, which can be used to support UK fisheries policy development and management. The tender is divided into three Lots as described below, Tenderers may bid for contracts under more than one of the Lots, as applicable. Lot 1 Fisheries Data Collection - Will address key knowledge gaps to develop assessment and management approaches, including on biological processes such as growth and maturity, ecological processes such as predator-prey relationships, habitat availability/change, mixed-usage water space and stock definition. Projects on data-limited stocks and species are particularly required. Lot 2 Mixed Fisheries and Selectivity - Will support developing and evaluating new measures that improve the protection of vulnerable stocks while maintaining viable fisheries. The Fishery Fund can support the development and implementation of a UK catch and discard policy, ensuring it is evidence-based and developed with input from the fishing industry. Lot 3 Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture - Focuses on two areas: 1) better understanding the ecosystem benefits of aquaculture 2) how the environmental impacts of existing systems can be minimised.

### Lot Information

Lot 1 Fisheries Data Collection

Enhanced data collection is required to ensure UK fisheries policy, management and negotiation decisions are based on the best possible science and evidence. There are challenges around implementing the sustainable management of stocks; some of these are data limited stocks and species which have complex life-histories that affect our ability to assess their status. Contracts awarded under this Lot will be expected to address key data and knowledge gaps to develop monitoring, assessment and management approaches, particularly for data-limited stocks. These aspects form a key component of the Fisheries Management Plans that will guide our future management of fisheries. These types of projects would include: Stock assessments and understanding life history parameters such as growth and maturity. Establishing sustainable harvest limits for data poor stocks, including appropriate metrics. Ecological processes such as predator-prey relationships. Stock definition. Rates of discards and impact of selectivity measures. Projects on data-limited stocks and non-quota species are particularly encouraged. This includes, but is not limited to, deep sea stocks, cuttlefish, squid, skates, rays, shellfish and other data poor species. Improved data could lead to increased opportunities for the UK fishing industry and seafood sector by supporting operational flexibility and, by supporting improvements in traceability (tracking seafood supply chains and limiting mislabelling of products by location or species), to demonstrating environmental credentials and provide improved market access.

Lot 2 Mixed Fisheries and Selectivity

Mixed fisheries & selectivity (Lot 2): The main UK fisheries catch a mix of commercial species and stocks. A key challenge remains in exploiting the fishing opportunities from healthy commercial stocks whilst simultaneously protecting vulnerable stocks and other protected marine species and habitats. There is a need to identify and develop new technical measures in selectivity that significantly reduce environmental impacts, bycatches and discards whilst maintaining fishing opportunities within advised limits. The UK remains fully committed to ending the wasteful discarding of fish and minimising catches of sensitive and protected marine species. This FISP lot will fund data collection and research on measures, methods and gear which aim to address these challenges, to support policy and decisions on future fisheries management measure. Proposals for projects under this section should focus on collecting data on: Discards and bycatch that would support the development and implementation of a UK catch and discards policy; Ecosystem impacts of fishing practices/gear to achieve the environmental objectives of the Fisheries Act; Marine litter and ghost gear. Gear modifications to achieve reduced environmental impact or less damaging fishing gear innovations Improved data could lead to increased opportunities for the UK fishing and seafood industry by supporting operational improvements in sustainable catching, and including reducing discards, demonstrating and better evidencing environmental practices which reduce the damage to the marine environment and help to improve fishing opportunities

Lot 3 Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture

This area of funding is specifically for research into aquaculture. This area of funding will be focussed on improving our understanding of the ecosystem benefits of aquaculture, for example aquaculture as a nature-based solution to ecological contaminants and improving our understanding of how the environmental impacts of existing aquaculture systems can be minimised. Proposals for funding under this section should focus on research in the following areas: Understanding the ecosystem benefits of aquaculture e.g. seaweed, bivalves, integrated multi-trophic; Practical proposals of aquaculture as a nature-based solution and the identification of areas that could benefit from this. Minimising the environmental impacts of existing aquaculture systems, including escapees; disease & parasite management; recirculation, control and reduction of discharges. Ecological impacts and benefits of seaweed farming, offshore aquaculture, and recirculation to generate additional evidence on ecological impacts and benefits. Improved data and knowledge could lead to increased opportunities for the aquaculture sector by supporting the development of fish farming as a nature-based solution towards sustainable fisheries management. Minimising environmental impacts and increasing our understanding of the ecosystem benefits of aquaculture will increase the accessibility of seafood whilst sustainably using marine resources towards the development of healthy stocks.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006936-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Mar 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 22 Nov 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Feb 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | 6 months |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,368,191 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | HOLDERNESS FISHING INDUSTRY GROUP; NORTH EASTERN INSHORE FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY; SAFETYNET TECHNOLOGIES; SEAFISH INDUSTRY AUTHORITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 14 Mar 2022 at 22:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006936-2022
- 21 Oct 2021 at 21:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026467-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-seafood-fund-fisheries-industry-science-partnerships-scheme

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