Awarded contract

UK Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH)

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM(THE)
Value: £695,698
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Environmental services
Published: 6 October 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

DASSH is the UK’s accredited Data Archive Centre (“DAC”) for marine species and habitats data. It is part of the MEDIN and plays a critical role in supporting statutory environmental reporting obligations under the UK Marine Strategy, OSPAR, and the Convention on Biological Diversity. ## Contract award Title: UK Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award date3 October 2025
Completed: Award published6 October 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

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