# An evaluation of monitoring technologies used within the UK fishing fleet: The development of an evaluation framework, theory of change and design recommendations

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defra](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [ICF Consulting Services Limited](/contract-winners/icf-consulting-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £49,950
- Tender value: £49,950
- Award date: 25 November 2022
- Published: 25 April 2023
- Contract start: 25 November 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: 659f3afd-1316-4a5d-96ad-09c106066be0-639314
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f1c1b5f2-2620-4330-ac87-7a70507cfd89

## Description

The overarching purpose of this project is to explore how Defra might evaluate the ways monitoring technologies have been implemented within the UK fishing fleet to contribute towards sustainable fisheries\. Three potential areas of focus are Remote Electronic Monitoring \(REM\), Vessel Monitoring Systems \(VMS\) and the Marine Management Organisation \(MMO\) led Catch App\.These three examples of uses of technology are all at different stages in their development and an overarching aim of the evaluation we are looking to develop is to map the progress of these technologies so that lessons can be learnt for the development and rollout of future technologies\. The deliverables of this project will lay the foundations of a potential future evaluation project and will include, a systems mapping exercise, theory of change development and evaluation framework\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/659f3afd-1316-4a5d-96ad-09c106066be0-639314)