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title: "Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement"
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# Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/subsurface-casualty-location-and-retrieval-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05de24). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority: "Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £50,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-and-medway-towns-fire-authority-GB-PPON-PCTX-8834-ZQLL)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £50,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment, Subsurface surveying services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/subsurface-casualty-location-and-retrieval-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05de24#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05de24`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/subsurface-casualty-location-and-retrieval-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05de24#tl-md)

## Description
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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 35110000, 71352000

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2026 to 30/06/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F072583-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-10T19:05:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T06:09:36.372Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05de24