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Defra Network eTendering Portal

Review and Development of Marine Benthic Monitoring Protocol

Environment & WasteCPV 90700000
Value£17k
Awarded20 Jan 2021
Published11 Feb 2021
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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£17ktotal contract value
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this tender£0£5.0m

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The brief

This project aims to develop procedural guidance for best practice on the use of DNA-based techniques to monitor benthic habitats alongside existing UK subtidal monitoring surveys.

Specifically, the project will deliver a standard protocol for collection and preservation of samples from the benthic environment for DNA analysis.

It will build upon any existing guidance or best practice available from published or grey literature to provide a robust, repeatable protocol to support the marine monitoring scientist who wishes to use these techniques to meet their monitoring objectives.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Specifically, the project will deliver a standard

Specifically, the project will deliver a standard protocol for collection and preservation of samples from the benthic environment for DNA analysis.

02

It will build upon any existing guidance

It will build upon any existing guidance or best practice available from published or grey literature to provide a robust, repeatable protocol to support the marine monitoring scientist who wishes to use these techniques to meet their monitoring objectives.

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Source & provenance
OCID
02683625-96d7-4853-8d4e-0c9bab1b6e24
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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