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4650 Identification and storage of Cold-Water Corals

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RFx ID : 17711976
Tender Name : 4650 Identification and storage of Cold-Water Corals
Reference # :
Open Date : Thursday, 21 July 2016 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  : Friday, 26 August 2016 1:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Tender Type : Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :
  • 70000000 - Farming and Fishing and Forestry and Wildlife Contracting Services
  • 77000000 - Environmental Services
  • 81000000 - Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services
Regions:
  • New Zealand
Exemption Reason : None
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : DOC Procurement Team
procurement@doc.govt.nz
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Alternate Physical Delivery Address  : n/a
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Overview

The 2010 amendment of Schedule 7A of the Wildlife Act 1953 protects all hard corals, including: black corals (all species in the order Antipatharia); gorgonian corals (all species in the order Alcyonacea (previously known as Order Gorgonacea)); stony corals (all species in the order Scleractinia); and hydrocorals (all species in the family Stylasteridae).
Observers on commercial fishing vessels are not always able to identify cold-water corals at sea with high precision (especially down to the species level) with the identification of bycaught individuals often requiring identification from a coral taxonomist in the majority of cases. Identifying coral bycatch that is unable to be identified by Government fisheries observers to the finest taxonomic level provides vital baseline information that can help to better inform research and marine protection such as predictive modelling, benthic risk assessments and management of benthic marine protected species.

RFx Outcome

This tender has been awarded to:

  • National Institute of Water & Atmosphere Research Ltd

Further Award Information:
Agency name: Department of Conservation
Agency address: National Office
13-27 Manners Street, Wellington
Successful supplier’s name: NIWA Ltd
Successful supplier’s address: 41 Market Place, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand

Description of the services or goods:

The overall objective is to determine which protected cold-water coral species are captured
in fisheries and the mode of their capture. While also building on New Zealand cold-water
coral collection sample size for use in future research.

The specific objectives of these services are:
1. To determine, through examination of returned cold-water coral specimens and photos,
the taxon, and where possible the provenance of cold-water corals killed in New Zealand
fisheries (for returned dead specimens).
2. To collect sub-samples of all protected cold-water coral specimens for genetic analysis
in future.

Tender codes: 70000000, 77000000
Date the contract was awarded: 18 November 2016
Duration of the contract: 21 November 2016 – 15 December 2019
Estimated cost of procurement: $100-250K
Type of procurement process: Open tender

Award Date: Wednesday, 21 December 2016 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Friday, 26 August 2016 1:05 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)