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CivTech Challenge 10.3 - How can technology help improve the monitoring and protection of seabirds in various environments, focussing initially on the challenge of monitoring puffins above and below ground?

Scottish Natural Heritage Published 2 Feb 2026 Public Contracts Scotland

key details

Value£650,000
Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 72000000 +6 more
RegionScotland
Deadline10 Sept 2024
Procedureopen
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0485d3

Awards (2)

This procurement was awarded to 2 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £650,000.

SupplierValueDateStatus
Arctech Innovation shared · · active
EOLAS Insight Ltd shared · · active

description

You would think that with a bird as iconic as the puffin, we would know how many of them we have in the UK and how successful a breeding colony is in any year. Yet, of all the seabirds we are internationally responsible for, the puffin is one of the hardest to count because they breed in burrows underground. Traditional methods are either extremely labour intensive, with specialised fieldworkers required for counts, or can only give us an indication of how many puffins there are on land or on sea. It is also hard to tell how successfully they are managing to breed.

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notice history

2 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
30 Jul 2024 Contract notice (F02) Earlier regulations 023722-2024
2 Feb 2026 Contract award notice (F03) Earlier regulations 008818-2026

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