# 35434 Continuous Plankton Recorder - Multi-decadal Time Series for Pelagic Ecosystems

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: Marine Biological Association
- Award value: £3,760,219
- Tender value: £3,760,219
- Award date: 19 May 2022
- Published: 23 May 2022
- Contract start: 1 April 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2032
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2beef045-f03c-47cc-a270-63129513434a-540309
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-33dfac83-ddc3-4385-80f6-bd74dad617fc

## Description

The Continuous Plankton Recorder \(CPR\) Survey is a 90 year long-term marine plankton monitoring programme consisting of a network of transects towed each month across the Atlantic and European shelf seas\. The CPR Survey delivers highly important, policy-relevant, strategic research\. Research outputs are currently used to monitor changes in marine biodiversity and food webs and have enabled the development of indicators which assess the ecological health of UK regional seas under the UK Marine Strategy \(UKMS\), the Defra 25 Year Environment Plan and OSPAR biodiversity commitments\. OSPAR is the mechanism by which 15 Governments & the EU cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2beef045-f03c-47cc-a270-63129513434a-540309)