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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Provision of Aerial Surveillance for HMCG
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
HM Coastguard (HMCG) helicopters and planes, provided under the UKSAR2G contract, have a primary role to provide search and rescue. However, they undertake a range of other missions in support of wider Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) objectives, and those of other government departments.
In addition, HMCG require an Search and Surveillance service to provide near real time situational awareness in support of specialised SAR operations.
Therefore, the MCA is planning to undertake a procurement for this additional Search and Surveillance service. The MCA will procure for intelligence, search, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets that can supply the information required. This service will not require national coverage.
Potentially, during high-risk times, an HMCG surveillance asset could be operating for a full 24‑hour period extending into consecutive days and sometimes weeks.
Respondents should bear in mind that the MCA will take a solution agnostic approach to the procurement and is open to different technological approaches, providing they can demonstrably meet the requirement to provide persistent maritime situational awareness in areas of need.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 60443100
- 79714000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
6 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 11 Jun 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 11 June 2025.
Release 031695-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 7 Jul 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 July 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 037616-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 12 Sep 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 12 September 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Release 056149-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 15 Jan 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 January 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 003647-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 11 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 11 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 042914-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 21 Jul 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 21 July 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 068795-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-054718
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Mon 27 Jul 2026, 08:11 BST
- Read at
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 19:39 BST
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