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CEFAS25-24 Equipment Maintenance Agreement for WaveRiders

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 23:06.

Opportunity overview

Provision of servicing and maintenance of WaveRiders for Cefas WaveNet Project, located in various regions around UK waters. The equipment requires regular maintenance and calibration services to retain full working conditions, and ensure Health and Safety, particularly due to the harsh environment of the equipment being at sea for prolonged periods of time. The equipment is essential for collecting data on a variety of monitoring metrics of the sea state

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.

R.S. AQUA LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£250k
Awarded
20 Mar 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 01661817
Location
Farnham, UKJ25, GU9 8BB, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
CEFAS25-24
Status
complete
Published risks
1. Adverse weather event o A significant poor weather event at sea could cause loss and/or damage to WaveRider equipment, resulting in damage and/or replacement requirement beyond that accounted for in the Contract. o This could result in additional parts and services required from the Supplier and therefore additional costs. o Unable to address the risk upfront as weather is beyond control of Buyer or Supplier (other than through proportionate mitigation for some weather risk which is provided for in the Contract). o Risk assigned to Buyer and Supplier. 2. Vessel / infrastructure collision o A vessel or other infrastructure collision at sea could cause loss and/or damage to WaveRider equipment, resulting in damage and/or replacement requirement beyond that accounted for in the Contract. o This could result in additional parts and services required from the Supplier and therefore additional costs. o Unable to address the risk upfront as operation of third party vessels is beyond control of Buyer or Supplier. Mitigations to minimise an incident as best as possible are in place including guard buoys. o Risk assigned to Buyer and Supplier 3. Addition of new WaveRider equipment o Requirement to add new WaveRider equipment to new sites at sea due to increased demand for monitoring. o This could result in additional maintenance requirements for the new equipment and therefore additional costs. o Risk assigned to Buyer.
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The UK WaveNet monitoring program, is built on a fleet of DataWell (hardware equipment supplier) wave riders as the gold standard ultra-reliable monitoring device. As well as the required capital investment to replace this existing equipment, a change of platform would be prohibitively expensive and would also need approval from our customer (EA and UKCMF) in order to ensure Cefas was meeting it’s contractual obligations. As such the continues use of the DWR Mk3 instruments is essential, and RS Aqua is the only UK representative for DataWell to provide the necessary calibration and maintenance and servicing requirements.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PPGW-5299-JGTN
Name
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH14
Country
GB
Locality
Lowestoft
Postal Code
NR33 0HT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Pakefield Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PPGW-5299-JGTN
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Holly Power
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-01661817
Name
R.S. AQUA LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ25
Country
GB
Locality
Farnham
Postal Code
GU9 8BB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
C/O Tc Group The Granary, Hones Yard

Control

Description
General Oceans UK Holdings Ltd SC308386 Organisation Parent or subsidiary company Peregrine Road, Westhill Business Park, Westhill, Aberdeen, AB32 6JL, UK

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
01661817
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PRHV-4754-WDQX
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 3
Id
GB-PPON-PRHV-4754-WDQX
Name
R.S. AQUA LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ25
Country
GB
Locality
Farnham
Postal Code
GU9 8BB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
C/O Tc Group The Granary, Hones Yard, 1 Waverley Lane

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PRHV-4754-WDQX
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
20 Mar 2025, 00:00
Title
CEFAS25-24 Equipment Maintenance Agreement for WaveRiders
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
50800000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services

Value

Amount
250,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
300,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010545-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
21 Mar 2025, 08:36
Entry 2
Id
010677-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
21 Mar 2025, 13:08

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01661817
Name
R.S. AQUA LIMITED
Supplier 2
Id
GB-PPON-PRHV-4754-WDQX
Name
R.S. AQUA LIMITED

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
2 Apr 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2028, 23:59
Starts
3 Apr 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
1 Apr 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
CEFAS25-24 Contract for Equipment Maintenance Agreement for WaveRiders
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
2 Apr 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes

Value

Amount
250,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
300,000

Period

Ends
31 Mar 2028, 23:59
Starts
3 Apr 2025, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
014849-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
14 Apr 2025, 10:33

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lowestoft · UKH14 · NR33 0HT · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04f709-2025-04-14T10:33:45+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·