Buyer	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs — not a council we hold
Supplier	University of Plymouth

Visual observation of benthic ecosystems is a key part of Defra's marine ecosystem monitoring. Large quantities of still imagery and video are collected using a variety of platforms including towed camera sledge, bed-hop cameras, drift cameras, moored cameras, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and more recently autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).

Runs	10 Apr 2024 to 26 Feb 2025
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-8ac10108-07e5-4d4e-8347-19ec1159ed9b
Notice	Read it on Contracts Finder

Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.