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CivTech 11.1 - How can technology help us to manage the impact of Marine Pen Fish Farms more sustainably?

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Buyer Address: Angus Smith Building, 6 Parklands Avenue, Eurocentral,, Holytown, North Lanarkshire, UKM, ML1 4WQ

Contact Name: Iain Miller

Contact Email: iain.miller@gov.scot

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
650000.0 GBP
Published
22 Jul 2025, 00:00
Deadline
02 Sep 2025, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
72000000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

This challenge focuses on developing a method or tool to assess impacts of Marine Pen Fish Farms (MPFF) on the ecological communities of hard (rocky) seabeds and protected marine habitats where it is neither possible nor appropriate to take a grab sample. What we develop must be a non-invasive and preferably quantitative method to monitor ecological effects. The solution must be scientifically robust and must demonstrate the ability to detect whether MPFF operations remain within environmental limits, supporting sustainable aquaculture practices and the protection of sensitive marine ecosystems.

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Opportunity Context

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External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL535169

Link Title: CivTech 11.1 - How can technology help us to manage the impact of Marine Pen Fish Farms more sustainably?

Link Description: This challenge focuses on developing a method or tool to assess impacts of Marine Pen Fish Farms (MPFF) on the ecological communities of hard (rocky) seabeds and protected marine habitats where it is neither possible nor appropriate to take a grab sample. What we develop must be a non-invasive and preferably quantitative method to monitor ecological effects. The solution must be scientifically robust and must demonstrate the ability to detect whether MPFF operations remain within environmental limits, supporting sustainable aquaculture practices and the protection of sensitive marine ecosystems.

Lots

Lot Description: About CivTech CivTech’s mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people’s lives better – and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen. Part of the Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, CivTech’s approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you – whether you’re an individual, team or company – it’s an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You’ll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here’s the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren’t ‘single organisation’ problems – most exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they’re developed further [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator – a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech’s unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11 https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-1-sustainable-aquaculture-industry

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Value: GBP 650,000.00

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): quality

Documents

Document Title: CivTech 11.1 - How can technology help us to manage the impact of Marine Pen Fish Farms more sustainably?

Document Description: This challenge focuses on developing a method or tool to assess impacts of Marine Pen Fish Farms (MPFF) on the ecological communities of hard (rocky) seabeds and protected marine habitats where it is neither possible nor appropriate to take a grab sample. What we develop must be a non-invasive and preferably quantitative method to monitor ecological effects. The solution must be scientifically robust and must demonstrate the ability to detect whether MPFF operations remain within environmental limits, supporting sustainable aquaculture practices and the protection of sensitive marine ecosystems.

Document Title: CivTech 11 - Accelerator Terms and Conditions

Document Title: CivTech 11 - Exploration Terms and Conditions

Document Title: CivTech 11 - PCS - Grounds for Mandatory Exclusion relating to Criminal Convictions

Document Title: CivTech 11 - PCS - Instructions for Submitting Proposals

Document Title: CivTech 11 - Application Form

Document Title: CivTech 11 - Application Scorecard

Document Title: CivTech 11 - PCS Advert - Challenge 11.1 - SEPA

Document Title: CivTech 11 - PCS - Q&A Recording Information - Challenge 11.1 - 11th August 2025

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