# Support Services for UK Vessel Monitory System \(VMS\) Devices

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: AST Marine Sciences Ltd
- Award value: £27,355
- Tender value: £53,939
- Award date: 9 July 2020
- Published: 23 November 2021
- Contract start: 9 July 2020
- Contract end: 8 July 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d27576b6-e52a-4957-a2eb-477303eadee9-487937
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c3d2bbc9-5e38-47a1-bebf-a158d63cc116

## Description

For the provision of UK Vessel Monitoring System VMS Device Support Services used in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & Isle of Man and to allow the supplier to inform Defra as to what transponders are installed on a particular vessel which is key to the UK ability to track vessels and report their activity to other states as required in International Regulations

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d27576b6-e52a-4957-a2eb-477303eadee9-487937)