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Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority
Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement
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
- 10 Nov 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
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
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 35110000
- 71352000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 10 Nov 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 10 November 2025.
Release 072583-2025
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
About this notice
08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05de24
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Fri 3 Apr 2026, 20:14 BST
- Read at
- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 22:07 BST
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