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Published 5 Oct 2026, 11:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PRN004664 Underwater Drones — UK public procurement notice

Authority: Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority (Police & fire)

GoodsSME suitable
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£100,000≈ £25k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 31 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 4 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) would like to notify you of an upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to widen our understanding and knowledge of the market.

NFRS is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to better understand the technologies, products and services currently available within the market that could support surface-based subsurface search, identification and recovery operations.

This engagement forms part of NFRS's ongoing commitment to improving firefighter safety, enhancing operational effectiveness and exploring innovative methods of locating, identifying and recovering submerged casualties and objects in a range of water environments.

This PME is being undertaken via the NFRS e-procurement portal In-Tend. In order to respond to this PME, please express an interest and download the documents. All responses and queries/ question must be made via the portal available via the following link:

https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/notts-fire/home

CPV: Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment · Rescue and emergency equipment · Unmanned underwater vehicles

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 3 Jan 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions
Extension options published
35110000 Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment35112000 Rescue and emergency equipment35512400 Unmanned underwater vehicles

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
Unspecified in notice
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
5 Oct 2026, 11:46 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 11:46 BST
Authority reference
PRN004664
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Firefighting, rescue and safety equipmentRescue and emergency equipmentUnmanned underwater vehicles
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078094

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    5 Oct 2026, 11:46 BST
  2. Market engagementin 11 days
    16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) would like to notify you of an upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to widen our understanding and knowledge of the market. NFRS is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to better understand the technologies, products more…and services currently available within the market that could support surface-based subsurface search, identification and recovery operations. This engagement forms part of NFRS's ongoing commitment to improving firefighter safety, enhancing operational effectiveness and exploring innovative methods of locating, identifying and recovering submerged casualties and objects in a range of water environments. This PME is being undertaken via the NFRS e-procurement portal In-Tend. In order to respond to this PME, please express an interest and download the documents. All responses and queries/ question must be made via the portal available via the following link: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/notts-fire/home
  3. Tender notice expectedin 88 days
    31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 91 days
    4 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
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 11:46 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDCB-9254-WQCL Nottinghamshire Police and Fire and Rescue Service Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge Dr, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG5 8PP [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure