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OpenStage · planning

Historic England

Aerial Reconnaissance oblique cameras and lens' replacement - UID 250

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38651000
Value£48,000
Deadline
Published8 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide

£48,000 — stated in the notice

Who to contact
procurement-he@historicengland.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£48ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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Historic England has published 19 Laboratory & Precision Equipment notices, about every 3 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2026.

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The brief

Our current Nikon D850 SLR cameras and lenses are coming to the end of their natural life so they need to be replaced.

We have older digital cameras and lenses that can be used in part exchange.

Before beginning the procurement process, we need to find out from suppliers if they will take old cameras in part exchange and how much they will pay for them. · To better understand the resource commitment/roles required by HE in order to write and run the tender? · To better understand how the market can deliver the outcome/Understand what is currently available in the marketplace · To explain requirements to suppliers · To help inform clearer requirements which are to be published to suppliers · To understand how much the work could potentially cost · To understand how long the work could take · To instigate/invoke interest and competition (consider also a UK3 planned procurement notice) · To ensure a good number of applications (consider also a UK3 planned procurement notice)

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Our current Nikon D850 SLR cameras

Our current Nikon D850 SLR cameras and lenses are coming to the end of their natural life so they need to be replaced.

02

Before beginning the procurement process, we need

Before beginning the procurement process, we need to find out from suppliers if they will take old cameras in part exchange and how much they will pay for them.

03

To better understand how the market can

To better understand how the market can deliver the outcome/Understand what is currently available in the marketplace.

04

To ensure a good number of applications

To ensure a good number of applications (consider also a UK3 planned procurement notice).

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f433
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
084729-2026
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