ProcuraAxisBeta
Sign inCreate Free Account
Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs

Durham University · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:01.

Opportunity overview

The University has a requirement to purchase 6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs The University has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract to Nanaometrics following the expiry of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Nanometrics Inc

Match pending…
Contract value
£511.4k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
22 Jan 2025
Award ID
002439-2025-1
Status
active
Location
3001 Solent Road, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, CA, K2K 2MB, Canada

Classification

  • CPV38000000 — Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
  • CPV38290000 — Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances

Lots

  • The University has a requirement to purchase 6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs The University has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract to Nanaometrics following the expiry of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
RFN00061
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Why this procedure was chosen
The Ocean-Bottom Instrumentation Facility (OBIF) has a successful track record of deploying a range of autonomous sensors on the seabed for over 20 years. OBIF is funded by the UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and operated jointly by the Universities of Durham and Southampton to support researchers across a broad range of environmental science disciplines. Instrumentation deployments are routinely carried out in water depths ranging from a few 10's of m to over 5000 m, for periods lasting from a few days to more than a year, to measure parameters such as ground vibration, pressure, and electric and magnetic field strengths to address a broad range of specific Earth and environmental science applications. OBIF currently have a fleet of more than 60 autonomous seabed instruments, including a small sub-set of instruments fitted with seismometers that are used for broadband, lower frequency, long deployment duration global seismicity studies. The sole purpose of this procurement is to expand (double) the sub-set of broadband, lower frequency, long deployment-capable instruments to meet increasing user demands and the specific scientific and data requirements of those users. The funding for this purchase was awarded on the basis that the instrumentation purchased is identical to that existing. Consequently, there is a fundamental requirement that the instruments to be purchased are identical in design, capability, operation, sensors and output to the existing set within the Facility. The instruments to be purchased must also be entirely compatible with existing Facility' systems (hardware and software) and approaches to instrument communication (seabed to sea surface) and release (from seabed), and data formatting, harvesting and conversation, QC systems and approaches, and meta data recording. Furthermore, to ensure cost-effective operation within the current financial climate and funding programmes, the systems to be purchased must be compatible with the entire pool of OBIF's existing instruments in terms of consumable types and the interchangeability of recovery sub-systems and spares, to ensure that all operational aspects are consistent across the entire combined pool of instruments.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
38000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
The University has a requirement to purchase 6-off Broadband Ocean-Bottom Seismographs The University has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract to Nanaometrics following the expiry of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
38290000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000650
Name
Durham University

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC14
Locality
DURHAM
Postal Code
DH13LE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Mountjoy Centre, Stockton Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
09
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Education

Identifier

Id
RC000650
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Durham University

Contact

Name
Rachael Devlin
Telephone
+44 1913348682
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-136195
Name
Nanometrics Inc

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
CA
Locality
3001 Solent Road, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
Postal Code
K2K 2MB
Country Name
Canada

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Nanometrics Inc
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-70385
Name
Durham University

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 3LE
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Durham University

Award information

Award 1
Id
002439-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-136195
Name
Nanometrics Inc

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
002439-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
002439-2025-1
Date Signed
22 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
511,360
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · DURHAM · UKC14 · DH13LE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC1

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04d5da-2025-01-23T16:58:18Zcompiled ·