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Planned procurement: CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE - CEFAS26-130 Cefas Research Vessel (GBP 115,000,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 1st October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Planned procurement notice published on UK Find a Tender by CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE. Procurement: CEFAS26-130 Cefas Research Vessel. Description: 1. The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that the market engagement described in Prior Information Notice (PIN) 2024/S 000-028748 relating to the procurement of a replacement Cefas research vessel has concluded, and that the procurement approach contemplated in connection with that notice will not be progressed. 2. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), acting Category: goods. Value: GBP 115,000,000 (stated tender value).

Publication
UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published
1st October 2026
Original report
find-tender.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United Kingdom
Organisations
None identified
Collected
1st October 2026 · 12:06

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.

Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Impact-Scale Specificity