CEFAS24-28 Contract for BEEMS Bathymetric & Bank Surveys, Sizewell, Suffolk

Published

14 May 2024

Place of performance

UK

Procedure

Open procedure

Lots

1

Notice number

015351-2024

Reference

ocds-h6vhtk-043854

Official source

Official source

CPV codes

• 34513550Survey vessels

Description

The BEEMS (British Energy Estuarine and Marine Studies) programme is funded by Sizewell C Limited. Through this programme, Cefas provide authoritative scientific information on the marine and transitional waters in the vicinity of potential new build nuclear power stations. The purpose of this procurement is to provide bathymetric data for the Greater Sizewell Bay (GSB) to assess the geomorphological changes of the region, hence contributing to the ongoing monitoring of the Sizewell Coastline. Two longshore bars (important geomorphological features) exist in shallow waters within the Area of Interest (AOI), with the inner bar being subaerial during some low tide periods. The results gained from the below specified surveys will support the calibration of Cefas instruments located on shore, as well as the ongoing monitoring of the Sizewell coastline. There is a high priority for the furthest landward coverage possible to be achieved by the survey, so that bathymetric data can be meshed to aerial topographic surveys of the beach, typically undertaken at low tide. In addition to the above, the survey also seeks to obtain Side Scan Sonar (SSS), alongside multibeam data, to detect the …

Awards

Official publications

• FTS · 015351-2024 · 14 May 2024

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