--- title: "Supplier Market Engagement Event for Provision of Satellite Surveillance Services to Marine Management Organisation" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEFRA" published: "2023-12-14" --- # Supplier Market Engagement Event for Provision of Satellite Surveillance Services to Marine Management Organisation Buyer: DEFRA Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a2ffcaae-9be8-432f-90c5-6d95aea033d9.json) ## Summary The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is planning a Supplier Market Engagement Event for the provision of Satellite Surveillance Services. This tender falls under the services category with a milestone engagement end date of 25th January 2024. The event, scheduled for 30th January 2024, aims to solicit solutions on combating illegal fishing. The procurement process will begin in March 2024 using a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. The contract, starting 1st August 2024, offers a two-year period with potential extensions. The buying organisation is Defra, based in Peterborough, England. This tender by MMO offers an opportunity for businesses providing surveillance services to engage with the Marine Management Organisation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered suitable for this procurement. Businesses interested in satellite surveillance solutions and willing to participate in a competitive negotiation process will find this tender suitable. Key dates for submission are by Noon on 25th January 2024 for registrations and Noon on 12th February 2024 for written solutions, with potential contract extensions beyond the initial two-year period. The tender process is a call-off basis with a focus on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs standard contract terms and conditions. ## Notice The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) would like to invite Suppliers to attend an online 'Market Engagement Event' via MS Teams for a MMO presentation on its work in supporting and assisting various countries and UK overseas territories in combatting illegal, unidentified and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Following this market engagement event MMO will open an invite to all Suppliers to suggest solutions on how to meet this requirement so that MMO is better informed of market capabilities and possible alternatives to satellite supported data. The Market Engagement Event shall be held on the morning Tuesday 30 January 2024 from 11.00 to 12.00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). MS Teams invite link will be sent after registration requests have been received. To register on the Market Engagement Event please send Company Name, Contact Details and Email address to: Alan.Green@Defra.Gov.uk cc'd to Andrew.McCabe@marinemanagement.org.uk No later than Noon (GMT) 25 January 2024. Suppliers will have two weeks to send a written solution with a submission deadline of Noon (GMT) 12 February 2024. Submissions to be sent to above email addresses and must be on no more than 15 pages of A4 using Arial font 11. Please note that registration at the event does not count as registration for the full procurement process, which will be separately advertised in first week of March 2024 via Find a Tender and Contract Finder websites. Interested Suppliers will need to respond to this when advertised, whether or not they attend the Market Engagement Event itself. It is proposed that the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation shall be used for the tender exercise. MMO/Defra reserve the right not to exercise the negotiation option if necessary. The contract is planned to start with effect from 1 August 2024. Though there will be a minimum two-week handover period prior to that date, if required. The contract will be offered for a two-year period with the possibility of extension for another 3 x 12-month periods. It is proposed that the contract will work on a call-off basis and will be on Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs standard contract terms and conditions. At present this requirement is met by a service reliant on a satellite derived data solution. Contract for this service expires 31 July 2024. Details of the present contract 'Satellite Surveillance provider for the Blue Belt Surveillance and Intelligence Management Hub (BBSIH) - Assisting the uk Overseas Territories' was published on Contracts Finder under the reference tender_272000/989893, link: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/9612fa0e-5510-4d09-90dc-47c2fab11db0?origin=SearchResults&p=1 And on Find a Tender Service under ref 2021/S 000-020395, link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020395-2021?origin=SearchResults&p=1 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97436375-8ec2-4e5f-8b7a-11956e5a4a7c | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 25 Jan 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEFRA | | Locality | PETERBOROUGH | | Post town | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE2 8YY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough | | Local authority | Peterborough | | Electoral ward | Fletton and Stanground | | Westminster constituency | North West Cambridgeshire | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79714000 - Surveillance services ## Release History - 14 Dec 2023 at 17:08 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97436375-8ec2-4e5f-8b7a-11956e5a4a7c ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97436375-8ec2-4e5f-8b7a-11956e5a4a7c 14th December 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/9612fa0e-5510-4d09-90dc-47c2fab11db0?origin=SearchResults&p=1 - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020395-2021?origin=SearchResults&p=1 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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