Drone Live Transmission

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            "id": "35000000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment"
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          {
            "id": "35120000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Surveillance and security systems and devices"
          },
          {
            "id": "35613000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Unmanned aerial vehicles"
          },
          {
            "id": "38651000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Cameras"
          },
          {
            "id": "48219700",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Communications server software package"
          },
          {
            "id": "60400000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Air transport services"
          },
          {
            "id": "64200000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Telecommunications services"
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          {
            "id": "71354200",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Aerial mapping services"
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            "id": "72212510",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Communication software development services"
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    "title": "Drones Downlink",
    "status": "planning",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
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    "description": "The Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, acting also on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, are tendering to appoint a single supplier for the provision of Drone Downlink functionality. \nAs part of the pre-market engagement we are asking suppliers to submit request for information, this will be used to help scope the Authorities specification, align budgets and determine route to market. The Competitive tender, whether this be via a framework or an open/competitive flexible opportunity will then be published in early 2026. \nThe scope of the project is for the solution to enable the streaming of live drone images into force systems allowing any Surrey Police and Sussex Police user who has been granted permission, to view and to do so on any force device. The imagery should also be able to be streamed to respective Sussex and Surrey FRS control rooms.\nRequirements Summary\n•\tLive images from Drone Operators controller (HDMI output) to a location (Force Control Rooms), Anyone who has permissions to access live footage from Drones \n•\tAvailability for use on multiple devices i.e. Tablets, MDTs…. \n•\tAvailability across SSP (Surrey/Sussex Police) \n•\tViewing to include Stakeholder partners i.e. Fire Rescues, Ambulance etc \n•\tAbility to integrate Single sign on (SSO) with Azure Active Directory (Surrey & Sussex Police AAD) with auditing\n•\t9 downlinks with min 5 users concurrent per downlink \n•\tDigital encoding of video stream using H.265 encoding for transmission and storage.\n•\tAbsolute minimum video resolution 720p, ideally up to 1080p\n•\tSecurely store streamed footage for 30 days within the boundaries of the UK \n•\tTransmission network capacity to support a minimum of 5Mbps (for 720p video, will be higher if a higher resolution is transmitted) per downlink/per drone operator.\n•\tAbility to view live footage and to be able to “rewind” footage.\n•\tAbility to download stored footage in MPEG-4 format\n•\tData must be secured at ASE128 in transit and AES256 at rest \n•\tThe system for transmitting footage should have sufficient battery capacity to transmit for at least 3 hours \n•\tRobust audit trail to record who has viewed any live stream footage - with each action or event being linked to a user ID, device ID (IP address), date, time, and location \n•\tView live/recorded footage from drone’s cameras that can be operated in a variety of lighting levels and have infrared capability",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
    },
    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods"
  },
  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PPLN-2959-YWYQ",
      "name": "The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKJ22",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Lewes",
        "postalCode": "BN7 2FZ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Sackville House, Brooks Close"
      },
      "details": {
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          {
            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PPLN-2959-YWYQ",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "JointProcurementService@Surrey.Police.UK"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "043666-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043666-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-07-29T08:15:03+01:00"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00",
        "description": "Suppliers who wish to respond to this request for information should register on the following link: https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/  \nOnce registered onto the site, log in and in the top right corner click portals. \nScroll down until you find Sussex Police and click the connect to organisation button. \nYou should then be able to access the opportunity to register your interest and download the request for information documents."
      }
    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}