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Firefighting Flying Drone - Market Engagement
Small Airbags - Market Engagement · Local or regional public body
In brief
Small Airbags - Market Engagement has announced plans to buy fire safety work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £150,000 including VAT.
The contract runs for 4 years, starting 1 June 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 8.5 bids per contract for fire safety contracts in this region (from 28 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Kent Fire and Rescue Service are looking to engage with suppliers of Firefighting drones which have the capability to deliver significant (100l/min plus) amounts of water at a height of 40m and above.
Suppliers should express their interest via the Delta portal by Friday 28th November 2025 where they will be invited to attend a Kent Fire and Rescue site either at Maidstone or Rochester to demonstrate their drone.
Where Kent Fire and Rescue have other market engagement notices which are also of interest to a supplier these will be coordinated to be on the same date.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Firefighting-equipment./9VHA48XM7T
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9VHA48XM7T
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 070056-2025
About the buyer
Small Airbags - Market EngagementLast 12 months
Procurements
39Awards
23Suppliers it has used most for fire safety
- Flamepro global6 contracts
- Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited6 contracts
- Ballyclare Ltd5 contracts
- Eagle Technical Products Ltd4 contracts
- Bristol Uniforms Ltd3 contracts
Similar open tenders
All open fire safety tenders- £375kestimated
- £310mframework ceiling
From notice 070056-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 31 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.