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Defra Network eTendering Portal

VMS Hub Replacement

IT ServicesCPV 72222300
Value£1.3m
Deadline
Published11 Dec 2023
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Leigh Johnston
leigh.johnston@defra.gov.uk
+44 7826890798

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.3mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

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<br/><br/>The United Kingdom Fishing Administrations (UKFA)s are responsible for implementing the EU Common Fisheries Policy and regulations for the UK as well as National regulations.

EU Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011) states that a Member State must operate a vessel monitoring system (VMS) using satellite communication systems to monitor the location of:<br/><br/>• UK licensed fishing vessels wherever they operate. <br/>• Foreign licensed fishing vessels operating in UK waters.<br/>• Vessels operating in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs).<br/>• Foreign vessels wherever they maybe,: when engaged in Joint Deployment Plans (JDP) with the UK.<br/><br/>This requires integrating the UK VMS with other states end points and with several transponder supplier and 3rd party systems as well as developing bespoke UK management functionality.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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These reports are automatically submitted at regular

These reports are automatically submitted at regular intervals by either satellite or GPRS/ GSM communications channels The United Kingdom Fishing Administrations (UKFA)s are responsible for implementing the EU Common Fisheries Policy and regulations for the UK as well as National regulations.

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EU Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (Commission

EU Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011) states that a Member State must operate a vessel monitoring system (VMS) using satellite communication systems to monitor the location of:.

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This requires integrating the UK VMS

This requires integrating the UK VMS with other states end points and with several transponder supplier and 3rd party systems as well as developing bespoke UK management functionality.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042345
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
036402-2023
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