Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c5c-3fce-713f-89a7-918b3ebaffe8/cs20472-uk-research-and-innovation-echosounder-equipped-autonomous-surface-v closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # CS20472 - UK Research and Innovation : Echosounder Equipped Autonomous Surface Vehicle [UK Shared Business Services Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited) Estimated value £180,000 Published 19 Nov 2020 Deadline Closed 7 Dec 2020 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 7th December 2020 at 11:00hrs GMT DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) undertakes a number of sustained oceanographic and ecosystem observational programmes in the Southern Ocean. These require a number of different types of autonomous vehicle, optimised for data collection to particular tasks. One task is the capability to make routine year-round acoustic surveys of epipelagic (surface 200m) biota to compliment sustained observations of the Antarctic ecosystem at South Georgia, as well as target ecosystem processes in ocean carbon storage. To fulfil this need BAS requires an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), equipped with environmental sensors and a wideband scientific echosounder capable of detecting zooplankton from the surface to a depth of 200m. 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Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of your organisation in doing so. ### About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. 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