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title: "Marine Data Handling and Analysis"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042cad"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND"
published: "2024-04-03"
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# Marine Data Handling and Analysis

Buyer: CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042cad

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## Summary

The Crown Estate Scotland has recently completed a procurement process titled "Marine Data Handling and Analysis" in the services category. The procurement aimed to appoint a consultant to support the Energy & Infrastructure Team with data handling tasks critical to effective marine survey data management. The procurement method used was an open procedure, with the contracting authority based in Edinburgh, UK. The process has concluded with an active contract worth 319,361.8 GBP signed on 20th March 2024.

This tender for "Marine Data Handling and Analysis" by Crown Estate Scotland presents an opportunity for companies providing data management services with expertise in marine data handling and offshore survey data. Businesses interested in providing data insights, quality assurance, and research support within agreed standards and deadlines would find this tender well-suited for growth opportunities. The procurement process included award criteria based on quality and cost, offering a chance for organisations to demonstrate capabilities in marine data management and insights provision.

## Notice

To supplement our in-house resources Crown Estate Scotland (CES) wish to appoint a consultant to support our Energy & Infrastructure Team with the data handling tasks critical to the effective management of our tenants' marine survey data and associated documents uploaded to the Marine Data Exchange (MDE).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

To supplement our in-house resources Crown Estate Scotland (CES) wish to appoint a consultant to support our Energy & Infrastructure Team with the data handling tasks critical to the effective management of our tenants' marine survey data and associated documents uploaded to the Marine Data Exchange (MDE). The MDE is a digital platform and a data management system developed by Crown Estate (TCE) in 2013 to store, manage and disseminate offshore survey data collected by our tenants throughout the lifetime of a project. It also holds research outputs from evidence programmes such as the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change programme. CES has recently entered a partnership with TCE to use MDE for the collection of its tenants' marine survey data. The requirement is for a company with a small team of professionals, who are, ideally, familiar with marine data management standards and offshore survey data to provide data management, insights, and research support during the term of the appointment, in accordance with agreed standards, methodologies and deadlines. Standard tasks will include carrying out the MDE's Quality Assurance process, creation of Data Highlights and Insights, creation, and management of the MDE series extents (a record of the spatial footprint of the surveys we hold), and on occasion the preparation, validation and upload of survey data and associated discovery standard metadata (further details within the accompanying documentation).

Renewal: The initial contract will be for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 2 years (2 x 12 months extensions) subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010736-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Feb 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £180,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £319,361 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH3 9GL |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ABPMER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72322000 - Data management services

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2024 at 11:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010736-2024
- 12 Jan 2024 at 12:43 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001091-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://crownestatescotland.com/
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000754960
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA29444

## Provenance

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