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# The Marine Biological Association of the UK

Public sector contracts won, from published award notices

Large business

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Contracts won

25

since 12 Jul 2012

Total awarded

£1,954,519

where values were published

Buyers

8

public bodies

Latest win

13 Jan 2026

##  Recent contract awards

- [RDE981 - MPAs at risk from water quality pressures](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d24-5980-72e8-b6e9-3b63d8b38b95/rde981-mpas-at-risk-from-water-quality-pressures) [Natural England](https://tendernation.io/buyers/natural-england)

    £49,265

    13 Jan 2026
- [RDE907 - Prioritising Marine Enhancement Measures](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d05-6be6-73e7-a8ff-0264b7b5abaf/rde907-prioritising-marine-enhancement-measures) [Environment Agency](https://tendernation.io/buyers/environment-agency)

    £45,267

    9 Oct 2025
- [RDE928 - Enhancing the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool - robust data for indic](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d13-2148-7145-aed3-c3e5e56141c4/rde928-enhancing-the-plankton-lifeform-extraction-tool-robust-data-for-indic) [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs)

    £41,445

    1 Oct 2025
- [Plankton as Indicators of Environment Change (PIECe)](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc4-c08a-71eb-b1aa-c60de90e0690/plankton-as-indicators-of-environment-change-piece) [Environment Agency](https://tendernation.io/buyers/environment-agency)

    £101,870

    28 Aug 2025
- [RDE848 - Octopus Outburst Analysis - Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) outbursts](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d15-129e-731c-9274-abfd83e3f82f/rde848-octopus-outburst-analysis-common-octopus-octopus-vulgaris-outbursts) [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs)

    £114,728

    12 Aug 2025
- [CEFAS25-19 technical advisory services to support Hinkley Point](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d08-f500-7392-8a79-14a0d44f83c9/cefas25-19-technical-advisory-services-to-support-hinkley-point) [Cefas](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cefas)

    £20,000

    27 Mar 2025
- [CEFAS25-19 technical advisory services to support Hinkley Point](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d08-f500-7392-8a79-14a0d44f83c9/cefas25-19-technical-advisory-services-to-support-hinkley-point) [Cefas](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cefas)

    £20,000

    27 Mar 2025
- [RDE642 Zooplankton analysis for Allonby Bay HPMA](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf7-e8f6-722e-83cc-048e8ca07d94/rde642-zooplankton-analysis-for-allonby-bay-hpma) [Natural England](https://tendernation.io/buyers/natural-england)

    £3,360

    21 Aug 2024
- [RDE572 mNCEA for Kelp Forest Habitats](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf4-fc34-7111-9ffc-36cb6667f05f/rde572-mncea-for-kelp-forest-habitats) [Environment Agency](https://tendernation.io/buyers/environment-agency)

    £46,860

    9 Jul 2024
- [RDE597 Assessing long term trends in Continuous Plankton Recorder data](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ceb-26fd-709b-8418-289bbc97e32e/rde597-assessing-long-term-trends-in-continuous-plankton-recorder-data) [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs)

    £59,520

    31 May 2024
- [RDE 569 - Comprehensive marine Non-Native Species (NNS) survey for England](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ce0-7f15-7022-9f11-22c039af101b/rde-569-comprehensive-marine-non-native-species-nns-survey-for-england) [Natural England](https://tendernation.io/buyers/natural-england)

    £29,808

    27 May 2024
- [RDE547 Picoplankton Size Spectra & Drivers of Change](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf1-d195-71d9-b5c1-3f6970929034/rde547-picoplankton-size-spectra-drivers-of-change) [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs)

    £59,862

    24 May 2024
- [RDE 558 - Work Package 1 - Enhancing and utilising estuarine and coastal natural](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cd3-89e0-713d-99c2-2fdc66712356/rde-558-work-package-1-enhancing-and-utilising-estuarine-and-coastal-natural) [Natural England](https://tendernation.io/buyers/natural-england)

    £42,800

    16 Apr 2024
- [mNCEA Pelagic Monitoring (NC34)](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b9f-0392-71f3-a87d-aae5e9e57f68/mncea-pelagic-monitoring-nc34) [Defra Network eTendering Portal](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal)

    £363,781

    25 May 2023
- [mNCEA Pelagic Monitoring (NC34)](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cca-20a0-725e-84c4-9c786e0c9956/mncea-pelagic-monitoring-nc34) [DEFRA](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defra)

    £363,781

    25 May 2023

## Who they win from

- [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 7 wins](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs)
- [Natural England 7 wins](https://tendernation.io/buyers/natural-england)
- [DEFRA 4 wins](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defra)
- [Environment Agency 3 wins](https://tendernation.io/buyers/environment-agency)
- [Defra Network eTendering Portal 1 win](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defra-network-etendering-portal)
- [Cefas 1 win](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cefas)
- [NHS Shared Business Services 1 win](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-shared-business-services)
- [UK Shared Business Services Ltd. 1 win](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-ltd)

## Bids named on award notices

Bid for 5 contracts: won 5, lost 0.

Award notices have listed every bidder only since the Procurement Act (February 2025).

## What they win

- [Research & development](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) 17
- [Sewage, refuse, cleaning & environmental](https://tendernation.io/sectors/sewage-refuse-cleaning-environmental) 3
- [IT services](https://tendernation.io/sectors/it-services) 2
- [Architecture, engineering & surveying](https://tendernation.io/sectors/architecture-engineering-surveying) 1
- [Health and social work](https://tendernation.io/sectors/health-social-work) 1

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