Contract for the Provision of Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) and Associated Services

Concepts

• provision of baited remote underwater video systems
• research and development
• lowestoft
• water bruvs
• bruvs
• pitcairn island
• british antarctic territory
• ascension island
• st helena
• benthic adaptation fitments

Location

Lowestoft

Description

The Contractor will deliver a full string of mid-water BRUVS with benthic adaptation fitments to each OT included in the network and one full string to the Authority (Cefas). OTs currently included in the programme are: Pitcairn Island, Ascension Island, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Territory, Cayman Island, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Anguilla.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The rig design, software and associated AI analysis rights are owned by Blue Abacus and Cefas would not be able to purchase software / AI analysis compatible with this elsewhere. BRUVS supplied by the Blue Abacus are already used in certain Overseas Territories and this purchase for Cefas would ensure that by buying the same equipment, software and AI analysis services, the data will be collected and analysed consistently with data already collected and analysed in the other Overseas Territories. Purchase of these BRUVS would support the ability to create a cross territory BRUV network as part of the Blue Belt Programme. It is therefore critical that the data informing the management and conservation of a range of species and habitats is collected in a consistent, comparable and statistically robust manner.