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Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority

Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
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Deadline (UK time)
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Published
10 Nov 2025
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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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.

  1. 10 Nov 2025
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 10 November 2025.

    Release 072583-2025

    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.
  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority published this notice.

Value not stated in source.

08/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference
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Source
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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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