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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Management of the Marine Env. Monitoring & Assessment National Database - Plus

Business ServicesCPV 72322000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published14 Jan 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
National Oceanography Centre

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Alan Green
alan.green@defra.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

This commission is for the provision of marine data management and support services for the MERMAN+ system (the “Data Manager”).

The role requires demonstrable expertise in marine data management, and both UK and international marine data landscapes, as well as reporting commitments (see below).

The project will ensure delivery of quality-assured marine environmental data to relevant parties and provide an assured evidence-base that will strengthen policy decisions within the UK and Europe.

MERMAN+ data are used to fulfil statutory reporting obligations under the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS) Regulations 2010 and mandatory reporting obligations under the Oslo Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (the OSPAR Convention).

OSPAR commitments are met through the annual onward submission of MERMAN+ data to ICES.

MERMAN+ data are also submitted to European Marine Observation and Data Network (E

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This commission is for the provision

This commission is for the provision of marine data management and support services for the MERMAN+ system (the “Data Manager”).

02

The project will ensure delivery of quality-assured

The project will ensure delivery of quality-assured marine environmental data to relevant parties and provide an assured evidence-base that will strengthen policy decisions within the UK and Europe.

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OCID
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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
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