# Procurement of Managed Support Service to the Marine Environmental Monitoring and Assessment National Database Plus \(MERMAN\+\)

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEFRA](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Published: 4 February 2025
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: afc6ecfe-d725-405d-9eb0-e1993d3a0ac2-823274
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-01240b6f-29a1-430f-982c-6f9316dccb66

## Description

The Marine Environmental Monitoring and Assessment National Database - Plus \(MERMAN\+\) \(v2\.0\) is the recently revised data repository that stores quality-assured marine environmental data collected by seven UK Competent Monitoring Authorities \(CMAs\) under the Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme \(CSEMP\), coordinated by the Clean Safe Seas Evidence Group \(CSSEG\)\. This early market engagement is requesting responses from interested partners within the market to questions pertinent to any future procurement exercise\.

## Related contract awards

- [Mids - AOMR Lot 2 - Works Arising from Hydrometric Asset Surveys 2026/2027](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7df7db6b-a6f2-42da-bbd6-9ac45210d862): DEFRA
- [South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - Mott MacDonald Limited](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-eacb09a0-dc7d-4dae-a39c-04320221a4cd): Defra
- [South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - AECOM](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2cdc927a-7eb6-45a7-8a1c-506468289da9): Defra

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/afc6ecfe-d725-405d-9eb0-e1993d3a0ac2-823274)