Buyer profile · Central government

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science tenders and contracts

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Official name on notices: CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE

Tenders published
24
About one every 15 days
Contracts awarded
93
To 92 different suppliers
Value awarded
£24.6m
86 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£31k
Median value awarded
Open now
2
15 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. CEFAS26-115 ITT for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

    UK-wide

    Closing soon3 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £100kestimated
  2. CEFAS26-118 Laser Diffraction Particle Size and Image Particle Shape Analyser

    UK-wideLaboratory and scientific equipment

    OpenNew24 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £67kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. CEFAS26-120 Statutory shellfish E.coli monitoring service for Shetland and Orkney

    ScotlandArchitecture and engineering, Laboratory and scientific equipment

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £600kestimated
  2. £115mestimated
  3. CEFAS26-88 ISO9001 & ISO45001 Certification

    UK-wideLegal services, Accountancy and audit

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £140kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. Cyber Essentials Plus1%
    In 1 of 110 notices
  2. ISO 270011%
    In 1 of 110 notices
  3. ISO 450011%
    In 1 of 110 notices
  4. Site visit1%
    In 1 of 110 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 3 contracts
  2. 2 contracts
  3. RS Aqua LtdSME£196k
    3 contracts
  4. 2 contracts
  5. 3 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 3 contracts
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)22%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
  • Direct award (no competition)77%
Based on 113 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
25 days
Shorter than 93% of central government buyers
Based on 24 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
22%
Lower than 59% of central government buyers
Based on 113 procurements
Won by small firms
48%
Lower than 54% of central government buyers
Based on 107 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4.5
More than 58% of central government buyers
Based on 24 awards
Split into lots
4%
Lower than 55% of central government buyers
Based on 24 advertised tenders
Direct awards
77%
Higher than 87% of central government buyers
Based on 113 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most central government buyers
Based on 24 tenders

Compared with other central government buyers

Time to bid, 82 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days0
20–25 days6
25–30 days31
30–35 days32
35–40 days8
40–45 days5
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 79 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids3
2–4 bids29
4–6 bids27
6–8 bids6
8–10 bids6
10–12 bids3
12–14 bids1
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids3
18–20 bids0
20+ bids0
Advertised openly, 151 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%33
10–20%24
20–30%21
30–40%9
40–50%8
50–60%11
60–70%7
70–80%9
80–90%10
90–100%19
Won by small firms, 145 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%3
10–20%5
20–30%13
30–40%18
40–50%33
50–60%27
60–70%22
70–80%7
80–90%12
90–100%5

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Cefas Weymouth – Ozone ETP Technical Survey and Functional DefinitionSuncombe House£60k15 Nov 2026
CEFAS25-45 Guardbuoys for Waverider ProtectionNot stated£72k30 Nov 2026
CEFAS25-139 Request for Quotation for the analysis of seabed imageryOcean Ecology Limited£31k30 Nov 2026
CEFAS26-32 Liverpool Bay Smartbuoy DeploymentsThe Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute£72k14 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-55 contract for repair/preventative maintenance for a Leco PegasusLeco Instruments UK Limited£26k15 Dec 2026
CEFAS22-34 Supply of Milk Sample Collection ServicesNational Milk Records Ltd£154k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS25-25 Contract for provision of intertidal Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) flights for Hinkley Point C Nuclear New Build projectMarine Science Support Ltd£500k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS25-129 Illumina Servicing ContractIllumina Cambridge Ltd£46k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-31 MEMW OSCAR Software Maintenance 2026Stiftelsen SINTEF£21k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-47 Contract for a collection of online and print journalsPrenax Limited£92k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-54 Contract for the provision of legal expertise online trainingKaplan Open Learning (Essex) Limited£13k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-94 Mental Health Support ServicesMB 360£17k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-109 RFQ for Sediment Coring Survey Services aboard RV Cefas EndeavourGeoforce Technical Services£69k31 Dec 2026
CEFAS26-41 Contract for Annual Maintenance of Sequencing InstrumentsIllumina Cambridge Ltd£46k20 Jan 2027
CEFAS26-60 ISO 17025 Reassessment Visit LowestoftU K Accreditation Service£11k25 Jan 2027

35 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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