# Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/1305m324q0042 - Solicitation number: 1305M324Q0042 - Notice type: Solicitation - Status: Awarded to Twoday Danmark A/S - Department: Department of Commerce - Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1305M3) - NAICS: 517410 Satellite Telecommunications - Product or service code: DG11 Telecom access and other usage billing services. Includes satellite communications access, internet, cellular services, landline and telephone services. Transport services for data and voice network circuits and associated access facilities and services; includes dedicated and virtual data networks. - Place of performance: Silver Spring, Maryland - County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031 - City: Silver Spring. https://abierto.us/cities/silver-spring-md-2472450 - First posted: February 27, 2024 - Last posted: February 27, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0a75453fec634fe9bd8b10d9b7b2cf62/view ## Description The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) is a satellite and cellular surveillance system which is primarily used to monitor the location and activities of commercial fishing vessels in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and international regional fisheries management organization (RFMO) areas. VMS supports law enforcement initiatives, for regulatory and statutory violation prevention, and for other fishery data- collection purposes. Data from VMS is used as evidence in the prosecution of many environmental laws and regulations including regional fishing quotas, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), to name a few. The system employs satellite and cellular-based communications from Enhanced Mobile Transceiver Units (EMTU), which are onboard transceiver devices that certain vessels must carry. The VMS program monitors over 4,000 vessels 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This number of vessels will increase during the contract period; potentially up to 7,000 vessels. The NMFS OLE employs software to receive, store, and provide to users (via embedded graphical map display, graphical text display, or via export to common external data and GIS software formats) the location and electronic reports of those commercial fishing vessels that are required by laws and/or regulations to install and operate an EMTU on board their vessel. The software is used by OLE staff, the United States Coast Guard, State enforcement agencies, and other fisheries-related personnel, totaling over 2,000 users. The Government anticipates award of a hybrid of Firm-Fixed-Price and Time-and-Materials contract. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Twoday Danmark A/S (UEI N329LF1KCE56) - Contract: 1305M324P0131, purchase order - Obligated: $5,306,835.00 - Competition: Competed Under SAP, 2 offers received - Link: solicitation number 1305M324Q0042 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1305M3 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1305M324P0131_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - February 27, 2024: Solicitation, due March 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT. Notice 0a75453fec634fe9bd8b10d9b7b2cf62. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0a75453fec634fe9bd8b10d9b7b2cf62/view ## Points of contact - Kristen Picariello, kristen.picariello@noaa.gov, 7812545452 - Elliott Waxman, elliott.waxman@noaa.gov, 3035789544 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/1305m324q0042.