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Support Services for UK Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Device - 2026

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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "Support Services for UK Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Device - 2026". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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Published history for DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
2.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BT PLCTop vendor: 65.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 157 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BT PLC1 win£113,044
University of Reading1 win£28,013
Hazel Bees Consulting Ltd1 win£21,000
Pack IDS Ltd1 win£10,500
Spacehive1 win£1
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published12 Jun 2026, 12:44 BST
Last source update12 Jun 2026, 12:44 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b401
What is being bought
The UK is required to collect position information from UK administered commercial fishing vessels over 12m in length, and where said vessels are fishing in EU states and other 3rd countries’ waters, forward those position reports to those states. This ongoing requirement is for the continued support services of AST Marine Science Ltd who are the suppliers of the required terminal, the bespoke firmware and the proprietorial network applications that receive and forward the position reports.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Jun 2026, 12:44 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    12 Jun 2026, 12:44 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    12 Jun 2026, 12:44 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    12 Jun 2026, 12:44 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 19 May 2026, 00:00 BST · £78,474
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
AST Marine Sciences Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Support Services for UK Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Device - 2026
£78,474 · signed 19 May 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 9 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST — 8 Jul 2028, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNBD-3289-CDGX
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  • DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNBD-3289-CDGX
    Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, GB
    procurement@defra.gov.uk

  • MARINE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION
    procuringEntity

    GB-PPON: PNYJ-3726-PHZP
    Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DF, GB
    procurement@defra.gov.uk

  • AST Marine Sciences Limited
    supplier

    Satellite House, Bessemer Way, Harfrey's Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, UKH15, NR31 0LX, GB
    daniel.clark@ast-reygar.com
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