Purchase & Installation of Echosounder System 2026 Tender
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This is a contract notice published by a government body covering a mix of works, supplies and services. Delivery covers United Kingdom. It is classified under Ocean and Blue Economy against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
The Scottish Government's Marine Directorate is procuring and installing a multi-frequency wideband scientific echosounder on its research vessel Alba Na Mara, replacing the existing Simrad EK60. Suited to marine electronics suppliers or integrators able to supply and install scientific sonar equipment on a research vessel.
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About this tender
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.
Key requirements
- ✓Supply of a scientific multi-frequency wideband echosounder system
- ✓Installation on Marine Research Vessel Alba Na Mara, replacing the Simrad EK60
- ✓Compatibility with existing marine research vessel systems and scientific standards
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- Its value of $188k is above 50% of the 8 similar tenders that state a value; their median is $181k.
- It allows 32 days to respond, longer than the typical 25 days across 10 similar tenders.
- The same organisation listed 5 other similar tenders here in the last 12 months.
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Ocean and blue economy funding covers marine conservation, sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, coastal resilience and ocean technology. Support comes from public research bodies, development finance and ocean-focused foundations. Calls often favour projects that involve coastal communities and that can be monitored at sea.
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