Award of Purchase of Goniometer (MS-P-0452)

Scottish Government
Scotland

Procurement of a single goniometer unit to facilitate the surface detection and recovery of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) equipped with an Argos satellite tag. The device must provide high-sensitivity direction finding to improve location accuracy during recovery missions, reducing vessel search time and minimising the vehicle's exposure to marine traffic.

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Awarded value: £9k; As published
Published: 26 February 2026
Awarded: 26 February 2026; Collecte Localisation Satellites
Contract length: Not stated

What the contract covers

Purchase of goods

Supply of specialised oceanographic instrumentation and direction-finding equipment for marine research and autonomous underwater vehicle recovery operations.

A goniometer, a highly sensitive direction finder, for surface detection of the Argos satellite tag on the SeaExplorer Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Purchase of goods
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Goods
CPV codes: 38290000

Services in this contract

Marine navigation equipment, charts and publicationsMain service£197k typicalGoniometer direction finder for locating an AUV's Argos tag from a recovery vessel

Lifecycle

Published
26 February 2026
Contract awardedto Collecte Localisation Satellites
26 February 2026
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Contract endsEnd date not published

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Scottish Government

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Collecte Localisation Satellites

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Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/364447/award-of-purchase-of-goniometer-ms-p-0452
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Open contracting ID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000821211
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Scottish Government. Award of Purchase of Goniometer (MS-P-0452). Contract award, 26 February 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/364447/award-of-purchase-of-goniometer-ms-p-0452 (accessed 5 November 2026).