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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MEDIN Standards Working Group,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that the tender for the work to derive the Data Guideline for Geotechnical Data is now available to bid. Can you please pass this information on to your stakeholders? The notice for tender is available at the following link:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1c6fd1bc-2bb0-44ad-8d38-e95f98edfce7">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1c6fd1bc-2bb0-44ad-8d38-e95f98edfce7</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Sean Gaffney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">MEDIN - Marine Environmental Data and Information Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">British Oceanographic Data Centre<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">National Oceanography Centre<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">6 Brownlow Street<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: +44 (0) 151 795 4950<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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