Official UK procurement notice
Live Surveillance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDWP have a requirement as part of their Live Surveillance strategy to have a solution in place including but not limited to:
Encrypted Live Streaming - capability provides secure, real time transmission of video from the vehicle to authorised users on a viewing platform. All data is protected through end to end encryption to prevent unauthorised access, interception, or tampering. Ensuring operational integrity and supports the safe handling of sensitive or confidential surveillance activities.
Vehicle-based video storage and recording equipment - This component allows video footage to be captured and securely stored on discreet equipment within a vehicle. It continuously records during deployments and retains high quality video evidence even when network connectivity is unavailable. The system is designed for resilience, ensuring reliable performance under varied environmental and operational conditions. System will have the capability to transfer footage onto a portable storage device. e.g. a USB stick.
Covert vehicle cameras - Covert cameras integrated discreetly inside and outside the vehicles to enable during surveillance operations. These devices are designed to remain hidden from public view while providing clear, reliable footage. With the ability to provide High quality footage in all weather conditions and during hours of darkness.
Storage for footage uploaded from the live stream (evidence management system) - a secure, central repository for video content transmitted from live streaming operations. The storage environment ensures that all uploaded footage is retained in accordance with data governance, audit, and evidential standards. It also enables authorised users to access, review, and manage recordings as part of investigations or operational decision making.
Application for viewing and controlling live streaming and in-vehicle equipment - This application serves as the central interface for authorised user(s) to monitor live video feeds and remotely manage connected in vehicle devices on DWP devices. Users can control cameras, initiate or stop recordings.
We understand providers may not be able to fulfil all aspects of the requirements but would like to speak to suppliers who can fulfil at least 1.
CPV: Closed-circuit surveillance system · Repair and maintenance services of security equipment · Security cameras · Surveillance system · Telematics system · Telemetry surveillance system · Video-surveillance system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Department for Work & Pensions buys Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus (CPV 3223), and who usually turns up
Department for Work & Pensions’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Radio transmission apparatus with reception apparatus (CPV 3223) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 94 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14% / 13%
2–343% / 38%
4–621% / 25%
7+21% / 25%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate63% / 71%
Within ±2%38% / 14%
Above estimate0% / 14%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3223Published estimate£2.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 21 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–338%
4–638%
7+24%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Apr 2026, 11:15 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Apr 2026, 11:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035526- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068616Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Apr 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published185 days ago20 Apr 2026, 11:15 BST
- Tender notice expected157 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement157 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
DWP are looking to conduct one to one sessions with interested suppliers who are able to fulfil at least 1 of the requirements. However, if there are providers who can provide a full solution we would also like to speak to them.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please can you email [email protected] registering your interest and also register on DWP's e-procurement system: dwp2.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
For Further information about DWP procurement, please find the link to the guidance: www.gov.uk/government/organisat… ↗
Please can you respond by no later than 18th May 2026 with your name, title and contact details to the email listed above.
- Contract starts52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Apr 2026, 11:15 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
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