Official UK procurement notice
Aerial Reconnaissance oblique cameras and lens' replacement - UID 250
Authority: Historic England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOur 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)
CPV: Cameras
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 10:08 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 10:08 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f433
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published12 days ago8 Sept 2026, 10:08 BST
- Market engagementin 93 days21 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTTo find out if suppliers take old digital camera in part exchange for new ones. To give suppliers a list of old equipment to see if they will consider reducing the cost of new equipment. Allow suppliers to inspect the old equipment to inform their decision on whether to proceed with a quote.
- Tender notice expectedin 94 days22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 107 days5 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2026, 10:08 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender