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Procurement of Marine DEM Data Products

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Buyer Address: Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Tom Dubberley

Contact Email: tom.dubberley@defra.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
24951.6 GBP
Published
26 Sep 2025, 14:14
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
24 Aug 2025, 23:00
Contract End
25 Aug 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
48218000 - License management software package
Region
n/a
Awarded To
OceanWise Limited
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Procurement of Marine Data Products through purchase of Oceanwise Ltd Software Licenses. In line with the Procurement Act 2023, this complies with the thresholds for a Direct Award due to the following justification: “6. (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.” This is because Oceanwise have the expertise and knowledge, along with ownership of the best available marine data sources, to produce a dataset that will replace legacy, poor-quality data that has been used previously. Additionally, given the nature of this procurement (i.e. below the Procurement Act threshold of £139,688), this is a below threshold Direct Award and therefore is compliant with the Below Threshold rules within the Procurement Act 2023.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Contracts

Contract Title: Procurement of Marine DEM Data Products

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