# CEFAS22-81 Seafood Innovation Fund Call 3 follow-on R&D

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Cefas](/buyers/cefas/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Seafood Innovation Fund
- Award value: £2,730,266
- Tender value: £2,800,000
- Award date: 8 March 2023
- Published: 7 June 2023
- Contract start: 2 May 2023
- Contract end: 31 October 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 20c21f6a-d4a3-4607-b9c7-2940335c8299-651361
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-26245d35-8abb-4a47-aafe-cfb62830d0e1

## Description

The Seafood Innovation Fund is a UK Government programme\. It is part of the Science and Innovation Pillar of the UK Seafood Fund and aims to support research and development \(R&D\) activities to secure the future of the seafood industries\. The Seafood Innovation Fund ran a closed competition for applicants successfully awarded Phase 1 feasibility study funding in the Call 3 process\. Applicants were invited to submit follow-on R&D projects up to 18 months long, to further develop their feasibility idea\. This Contract is awarded to 12 suppliers: Hook Marine Ltd - £85,000 KelpCrofters Ltd - £257,156 Mimica Lab Ltd - £257,172 Rare Earth International Ltd trading as Rare Earth Global - £262,525 Recycling Ocean Resources Ltd - £186,500 SAC Commercial Ltd - £328,072 TEC Partnership - £148,588 The Cornish Seaweed Company Ltd - £166,583 Tritonia Scientific Ltd - £311,794 Underwater Contracting Ltd - £184,776 University of Stirling - £293,732 University of the West of Scotland - £247,868

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/20c21f6a-d4a3-4607-b9c7-2940335c8299-651361)