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Construction companies with a strong track record of high-quality engineering and technology expertise are invited to submit expressions of interest in a 10 year modernisation programme that is associated with the UK Government's recent £200+ million investment in Antarctic and Arctic science infrastructure. Potential bidders are invited to a Construction Partner Open Forum Industry day to be held in June 2016.

Commissioned by NERC, this modernisation programme will deliver a world-leading national capability, and will offer new research opportunities for the UK science community, and ensure that Britain remains at the forefront of climate, biodiversity and ocean research in the Polar Regions.

BAS Director of Operations Captain Tim Stockings said, "This is an exciting time for polar science. Initial construction works include the alteration and extension of the wharf and slipway at Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in preparation for the arrival in 2019-20 of Britain’s new polar research ship. This new state-of-the-art research ship - commissioned by NERC, built by Cammell Laird and operated by British Antarctic Survey - will transform BAS operational delivery of UK polar science."
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