Live tenders / Scottish Government
Purchase & Installation of Echosounder System
What the buyer is asking for
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate invites tenders for the purchase and installation of a scientific, multi-frequency, wideband, echosounder system to replace the existing Simrad EK60 echosounder system on our Marine Research Vessel (MRV) Alba Na Mara.
How this is scored
Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.
- qualityTechnical Solution & Delivery50
- qualityKey Staff & Resource Planning25
- qualityContract Management & Quality Assurance15
- qualityCorporate & Social Responsibilities5
- qualityFair Work First5
- price30
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Value
- £150,000
- Submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT (23 days left)
- Enquiry deadline
- Not stated
- Award decision expected by
- Not stated
- Contract start
- Not stated
- Contract end
- Not stated
- Category
- goods
- Lots
- 1
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- CPV codes
- 38000000, 38100000, 38110000
- Legal basis
- 32014L0024
How contested is this?
Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 36 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London
- Tender notice published8 days ago29 Oct 2026, 12:09 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 24 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published
How to bid
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
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