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title: "Vessel Management System Hub Replacement - 2024"
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# Vessel Management System Hub Replacement - 2024

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vessel-management-system-hub-replacement-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-049d42). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Vessel Management System Hub Replacement - 2024". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2024. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-environment-food-and-rural-affairs-defra-netwo-GB-FTS-118855)
- **Published Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2024 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Offshore supply-vessel services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vessel-management-system-hub-replacement-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-049d42#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049d42`

## 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/vessel-management-system-hub-replacement-2024-ocds-h6vhtk-049d42#tl-md)

## Description
The following UK public sector bodies are authorised and enabled to use the contract:<br/>Marine Management Organisation<br/>Marine Scotland<br/>DAERA<br/>Welsh Government<br/>DEFA – Isle of Man<br/>The Contract is managed by the MMO on behalf of the fishing administrations, Marine Scotland (MS), DAERA - Northern Ireland, DEFA – Isle of Man and Welsh Government (WG).<br/>The VMS Communications Hub receives position reports from electronic devices (VMS terminals) installed on fishing vessels. These reports are automatically submitted at regular intervals by either satellite or GPRS/ GSM communications channels and routed to the UK VMS Communications Hub by way of their respective device providers and communications services. <br/>The VMS Communications Hub provides UKFAs (UK Fishing Authorities) with a platform on which positions of all fishing vessels over 12m in length which ensure that they are tracked while operating anywhere in the world. Positional data for UK fishing vessels operating within the fishing limits of OMS and 3rd countries is transmitted on receipt at the VMS <br/>Communications Hub to those states, just as those states transmit the position reports for their vessels operating within the BFL. The VMS Hub is the UKFA Surveillance system. Reports are forwarded to UKFA systems for compliance, cross checks and assurances.  The VMS Communications Hub, as well as acting as a repository of data and forwarding centre, also provides the UKFAs with a variety of tools for monitoring breaches of fisheries regulations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000
- **Description:** The following UK public sector bodies are authorised and enabled to use the contract:<br/>Marine Management Organisation<br/>Marine Scotland<br/>DAERA<br/>Welsh Government<br/>DEFA – Isle of Man<br/>The Contract is managed by the MMO on behalf of the...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030464-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-24T11:15:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:24:13.729Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049d42