Tagging of lesser black-backed gulls to provide evidence of their behaviour and habitat use from the Ribble & Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area (SPA)
What the buyer wrote
gulls (LBBGs) from the Ribble Estuary breeding colony were fitted with Movetech GPS-GSM tags to obtain a detailed understanding of their movement patterns and in particular their flight height. Although the work was successful, the BTO recommended that the University of Amsterdam Tracking System (UvA) offers a better option for studying flight heights of adult gulls. Eight UvA tags were subsequently purchased by Natural England through a further contract with the BTO. Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses an E-tendering system for Procurement activities. This is currently provided by Bravo Solutions. To access appropriate tendering and contractual documents,…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Tagging of lesser black-backed gulls to provide evidence of their behaviour and habitat use from the Ribble & Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area (SPA)
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 31 May 2017
- Work ends
- 31 Mar 2018
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