ASS035C - UL - Provision of Seaweed Cultivation Expertise

The University of Limerick (UL) wishes to source and appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Seaweed Cultivation service company to support the research and development requirements for their Bio-Dulse Project for Seaweed Cultivation. The purpose of this tender is to provide; • Palmaria palmata strain collection and selection • Optimization of vegetative Palmaria cultivation at laboratory scale • Optimisation of Palmaria cultivation by tetraspores at laboratory scale • Technical support to transfer and cultivate Palmaria palmate at larger scale The work programme will involve a combination of small-scale laboratory and knowledge transfer activities over three (3) years, including the collection of a number of strains of P. palmata from distinct populations around the country, with special emphasis on known ecotypes. A subset of these collections will be cultured at laboratory scale for analysis of growth and development traits (including chemical composition), while prepared wild biomass will be processed for further analysis by UL for specific protein composition.

Services

01/10/2019 14:00:00

73112000-0  Marine research services
71351000-3  Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services
71351700-0  Scientific prospecting services
71351920-2  Oceanography and hydrology services
71354500-9  Marine survey services
71355000-1  Surveying services
73110000-6  Research services
73200000-4  Research and development consultancy services
90711500-9  Environmental monitoring other than for construction
90712300-4  Marine conservation strategy planning
98361000-1  Aquatic marine services
98362100-9  Marine-base support services
98363000-5  Diving services