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# Marine Satellite Data Communication Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marine-satellite-data-communication-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03e04a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "Marine Satellite Data Communication Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Published Value:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 August 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communication satellites, Observation satellites, Telephone and data transmission services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03e04a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marine-satellite-data-communication-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03e04a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marine-satellite-data-communication-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03e04a#participate

## Description
The Met Office operates a network of c.75 weather stations in the marine environment across buoys, ships and other remote platforms or islands – these are deployed in nearshore waters and the Atlantic Ocean, with a few ship stations travelling further afield.
The network relies upon satellite communications to ensure continued timely submission of essential marine observation data, with all stations hosting an Autonomous Marine Observing System (AMOS2X) equipped with an Iridium short burst data (SBD) modem.
Our contract with our current satellite communications supplier is due to expire, the objective of this procurement therefore, is to identify a satellite communication network and airtime service provider in order to continue to be able to transfer observational data from remote marine stations to our data ingestion system via Iridium service provider generated emails.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 35631100, 35631200
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Met Office operates a network of c.75 weather stations in the marine environment across buoys, ships and other remote platforms or islands – these are deployed in nearshore waters and the Atlantic Ocean, with a few ship stations travelling furthe...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033883-2023-DN661091-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ground Control Technologies Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-147067`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033883-2023-DN661091-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 13/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033883-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-16T10:34:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T02:42:16.939Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03e04a