Tender: Cefas Charter of Inshore Vessels for Outer Thames Juvenile Sole and Fish Assemblage Surveys

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Cefas is seeking one or more inshore fishing vessels to conduct two seasonal surveys in the northern and southern Outer Thames to fill data gaps in the North Sea sole assessment by collecting abundance-at-age data for juvenile sole and information on wider fish assemblages (including plaice, thornback ray, whiting), shellfish and selected invertebrates. Each survey will last up to seven days in late August and/or early September, operating from fixed sites with a 2 m or 3 m beam trawl supplied by Cefas. Vessels should be around 10 m LOA or have sufficient space to support survey operations, have local knowledge of the survey areas, be capable of rigging and deploying Cefas survey gear, and embark/disembark from suitable Outer Thames ports such as West Mersea (northern) or Whitstable (southern); bidders must state preferred port(s). Charters will be full-charter, all-inclusive fixed-price submissions covering management, crew, victuals, fuel, meetings, harbour and port fees, any extra insurance required for Cefas equipment, mobilisation/demobilisation, and weather downtime costs, with a required breakdown of day rates. The procurement is managed via email; the Bidder Pack can be requested from [email protected] using the subject line: CEFAS26-86 ITT for Thames Survey Vessel Charter - bidder pack request.