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II.1.1) Title
All Wales Fisheries Monitoring Equipment Framework
Reference number: 79220
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90711500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
A wide variety of monitoring equipment is used to collate information on fish populations,
migration and behaviour. This enables NRW to fulfil its statutory obligations to maintain,
improve and develop fisheries of salmon, trout, eels, lampreys, smelt and freshwater fish.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Backpack mounted electrofishing equipment
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31600000
03300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Electrofishing is a key component of NRW fisheries statutory duties and seasonal monitoring program and may also be used in:
- Stock management operations
- Fish rescue and removal (including planned works and pollution incidents)
- Pollution impact assessment
- Brood fish collection
- Scientific research
NRW fisheries requires additional equipment in order to equip all relevant teams with sufficient equipment to efficiently deliver statutory monitoring
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Bankside generator electrofishing equipment - freshwater environment
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31100000
31600000
03300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Electrofishing is a key component of NRW fisheries statutory duties and seasonal monitoring program and may also be used in:
- Stock management operations
- Fish rescue and removal (including planned works and pollution incidents)
- Pollution impact assessment
- Brood fish collection
- Scientific research
NRW fisheries requires additional equipment in order to equip all relevant teams with sufficient equipment to efficiently deliver statutory monitoring
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Acoustic tags and receivers at 180kHz for Fish Monitoring
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
35121600
32441000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Acoustically tagging fish allows detailed information to be gathered around fish behaviour and movements within the riverine environment, that can be used to prioritise actions and influence management of fisheries. Acoustic tagging allows detailed analysis of fish movements within river systems, through estuaries and in the marine environment. Tagging work has been ongoing on the river Dee for 5 years, but tagging projects are being expanded out across Wales. In addition, fish tagging will be a key monitoring activity for LIFEDeeRiver to understand impacts of improvement actions
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Acoustic tags and receivers at 69kHz for fish monitoring
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
35121600
32441000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Acoustically tagging fish allows detailed information to be gathered around fish behaviour and movements within the riverine, estuarine and marine environments that can be used to prioritise actions and influence management of fisheries.
Tagging technology has been used by fisheries scientists and managers in numerous studies - including investigation of migratory behaviour at fine and large scale, and enumeration of population size and related processes.
NRW has identified opportunities to apply this tagging technology to gather information on the temporal and spatial distribution and behaviour of migratory fish behaviour during both the freshwater and marine stages of their lifecycle.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Passive Integrated Transponder ( PIT) tagging equipment for fish monitoring
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
35121600
32230000
32344200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
PIT tagging technology has been used by fisheries scientists and managers in numerous studies including investigation of migratory behaviour at fine and large scale and enumeration of population size and related processes.
NRW has identified opportunities to apply this tagging technology as part of the index river (DSAP) monitoring programme for salmon and sea trout on the River Dee – principally to develop fishery independent and automated means of assessing returning stock size using mark-recapture methods. Other applications are envisaged within the LIFE Dee River project to evaluate the benefits, for various migratory fish species, of barrier removal and other interventions within the Dee catchment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 6
II.2.1) Title
Automated fish counting equipment for use on fish pass, rotary screw traps and other structures
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
39172000
35121600
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This project seeks to utilise automated fish counter technologies in narrow channel structures (e.g. fish passes up to ~0.5m) for the enumeration of migratory salmonids and other fish species (e.g. providing information of fish numbers, size, time and direction of passage, etc.).
For this purpose, two approaches are considered:
(i) Standalone counter deployment to evaluate passage of key fish species
(ii) Counter deployment integrated with PIT (Passive Integrated Transponder) tag detection to evaluate passage of both tagged and untagged individuals for mark-recapture purposes
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 7
II.2.1) Title
Acoustic cameras - fisheries applications - Long Range
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38651100
38113000
38651000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NRW operates state of the art remote, non- intrusive multibeam monitoring sonars throughout Wales.
These sonars provide salmon stock assessments as well as supplying information of salmon behaviour at barriers.
In order to increase our capability and expand our fish counting network Natural Resources Wales is seeking to source additional multibeam sonars.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 8
II.2.1) Title
Underwater cameras - marine applications
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38651100
38113000
38651000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NRW undertakes a comprehensive programme of marine monitoring throughout Wales’ coastal waters and employs a variety of techniques to achieve this. NRW is committed to establishing a standardised approach to monitoring and to develop new methods, taking advantage of novel technology where appropriate. Side-scan sonar (SSS) combined with ground-truthing in the form of seabed photography and videography has been widely accepted as the most suitable approach for mapping many seabed habitats such as honeycomb worm reef in the subtidal zone.
In highly turbid environments, however, visibility at the seabed can be near-zero rendering optical-based ground-truthing redundant. Consequently, the true distribution and status of honeycomb worm reefs in some shallow subtidal areas around the UK remains unclear.
Acoustic Camera Imagery (ACI) collected in highly turbid waters using forward looking sonar acoustic cameras has been proven to be an effective method of ground truthing sidescan sonar in a similar manner to traditional optical video systems in clear water scenarios.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Lot No: 9
II.2.1) Title
Underwater cameras - Fisheries applications short range
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38651000
38651100
38113000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL23
UKL12
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NRW operates state of the art remote, non- intrusive multibeam monitoring sonars throughout Wales.
These sonars provide salmon stock assessments as well as supplying information of salmon behaviour at barriers.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
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