Scientific call for tenders for station vessels for the second half of 2019

19 April 2019

This call for tenders concerns the second half of 2019 for the entire fleet of station vessels programmed by the Ocean Fleet Directorate.
Following the evaluation by the CLE, the programming will be prepared by the Directors of the Observatories of Universe Sciences (OSU) and Marine Stations or their representatives in collaboration with the armament of the Technical Division of the CNRS/INSU station ship manager who will forward the draft schedules to the Ocean Fleet Directorate for validation. Programming will be determined by the Fleet Steering Committee taking into account the ranking level of the campaigns evaluated.

The timetable adopted is as follows:

Submission of the "Sea campaign proposal" file (s) between March 18 and April 19
Evaluation and classification of files by the Local Evaluation Committees between 13 and 24 May 2019
First draft coastal programme prepared between 17 and 28 June 2019 on the basis of the evaluations of the local evaluation committees

The full text of the call for tenders can be downloaded