Coastal Defence Scheme nearshore data monitoring service for Pevensey Bay
What the buyer wrote
The mixed, shingle barrier beach at Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, represents a crucial asset in flood defence and coastal risk management along the East Sussex coastline, protecting the low-lying Pevensey Levels, with designated wetlands as well as thousands of vulnerable properties (many built at the crest) and coastal infrastructure. The 9km frontage is highly dynamic, and suffers a net loss of sediment due to littoral drift, partly blocked by the Sovereign Harbour breakwaters at the southern side (Sutherland and Thomas, 2011). The spatial and temporal variations in beach volume, erosion and rollback remain poorly understood, and interventions to redistribute beach material are continuous. Mo…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Coastal Defence Scheme nearshore data monitoring service for Pevensey Bay
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 31 Jul 2019
- Work ends
- 31 Jul 2020
Who the buyer named
Helen Stone was the named contact on this notice.