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Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement
Small Airbags - Market Engagement · Local or regional public body
In brief
Small Airbags - Market Engagement has announced plans to buy architecture and engineering 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 £50,000 including VAT.
The contract runs for 4 years, starting 1 July 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 15 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (the Authority) are seeking to engage with suppliers of remotely operated subsurface vehicles to a demonstration of Remotely Operated Vehicles for the search, location, and retrieval of a simulated subsurface casualty. The controlled demonstration will simulate an operational scenario to assess key capabilities. •Scenario: Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval Suppliers will be required to demonstrate their product's ability to: 1.Search: Rapidly and effectively sweep a designated area to identify the presence of the simulated casualty. 2.Locate: Accurately pinpoint the horizontal and vertical position (depth) of the simulated casualty. 3.Retrieval:…Read the full description
Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (the Authority) are seeking to engage with suppliers of remotely operated subsurface vehicles to a demonstration of Remotely Operated Vehicles for the search, location, and retrieval of a simulated subsurface casualty.
The controlled demonstration will simulate an operational scenario to assess key capabilities.
•Scenario: Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate their product's ability to:
1.Search: Rapidly and effectively sweep a designated area to identify the presence of the simulated casualty.
2.Locate: Accurately pinpoint the horizontal and vertical position (depth) of the simulated casualty.
3.Retrieval: Demonstrate the products ability to undertake the safe and effective retrieval of the casualty.
Key Focus Areas:
•Accuracy and Precision: Of location and depth measurement.
•Speed of Operation: Time taken to successfully locate the target.
•Usability and Deployment: Ease and speed of system set-up and operation.
•Data Output: Quality, clarity, and utility of the information provided for retrieval planning.
This market engagement is not a guarantee that the Authority will proceed to a tender process and participation in the demonstration will be at the expense of suppliers.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Firefighting%2C-rescue-and-safety-equipment./3PR27DQR9S
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3PR27DQR9S
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 072583-2025
About the buyer
Small Airbags - Market EngagementLast 12 months
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From notice 072583-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 10 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.