Official UK procurement notice
CEFAS25-78 Contract for the supply of a multi-channel CTD logger
Authority: Cefas
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£34,325published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to RS Aqua Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCefas require provision of 1 multi-channel CTD logger as follows: 1. Technical Requirement
- Pressure rating required is 500dbar
- Unit Material: Polyoxymethylene (POM)
- Unit must have Fast 8Hz sampling
- - Unit requires a Blank battery end-cap
- - Must have option for Wi-Fi [2000dbar max]
- - Unit to include a Cage for RBRconcerto or RBRmaestro with cone
- - Unit must be inclusive of a Combined CT kit: Inductive marine with fast response temperature
- [750dbar max]
- - Unit to include Piezo resistive gauge included
- - Unit to include Dissolved oxygen kit: T.ODO [bulkhead, 6000dbar max]
- - Unit to include PAR kit: cosine [cabled, 0.6m, 2000dbar max]
- - Unit to include Tridente kit: bb.chl-a.fDOM [cabled, 0.6m, 6000dbar max] 2. Environmental Considerations
- Unit should have an ultra low power consumption.
- Unit should be designed for reuse/remanufacture and of regenerative nature to eliminate waste where possible.
- Consideration of how packaging will be managed. Ideally at the time of installation the supplier will remove packaging and dispose of by ethical and environmentally friendly methods. Where possible packaging is to be re-used or recycled. 3 Compatibility with existing hardware/software/equipment/operating systems
- Must be compatible with Win11 4 Installation
- No installation required – will be handled by Cefas 5 Ease of Maintenance
- Any user maintainable aspects of the system should be described in the bid submission. This is to include any limitations where there are no user serviceable aspects. 6 Warranties, Guarantees, Servicing
- Warranties will start from the point of acceptance of delivery and once it has been tested. Cefas expect minimum warranty period of 12 months to be included in the purchase.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2025, 09:15 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 09:15 BST
- Authority reference
CEFAS25-78- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047838- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0585a3Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published12 Aug 2025, 09:15 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £34,3251 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS Aqua Ltd | £34,325 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
CEFAS25-78 Contract for the supply of a multi-channel CTD logger · RS Aqua Ltd
- Signed
- 11 Aug 2025
- Value
- £34,325
- Period
- 12 Aug 2025 – 30 Nov 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RS Aqua LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender