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title: "UK Overseas Territories: Turks & Caicos (TCI) Air Intel, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Capacity"
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# UK Overseas Territories: Turks & Caicos (TCI) Air Intel, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Capacity

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-overseas-territories-turks-caicos-tci-air-intel-surveillance-reconnaissance-capacity-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3cf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "UK Overseas Territories: Turks & Caicos (TCI) Air Intel, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Capacity". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 August 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Aerial and related services
- **Delivery Location:** TC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-overseas-territories-turks-caicos-tci-air-intel-surveillance-reconnaissance-capacity-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3cf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d3cf`

## 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/uk-overseas-territories-turks-caicos-tci-air-intel-surveillance-reconnaissance-capacity-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3cf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffcdo.bravosolution.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-overseas-territories-turks-caicos-tci-air-intel-surveillance-reconnaissance-capacity-ocds-h6vhtk-03d3cf#participate

## Description
The Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) is the lead agency for the protection of the marine border and territorial waters of the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI). On behalf of the RTCIPF the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is looking to acquire an aerial surveillance/reconnaissance asset.
The functions the asset must fulfil are:
- Maritime Border Protection (irregular migration/people smuggling)
- Maritime Anti-smuggling (multi commodity, drugs, firearms, people)
- Maritime Search and Rescue
- Fisheries Protection
To fulfil these functions, the aircraft will be required to conduct;
- Routine patrol following pre-determined tasking
- Respond to dynamic tasking
- Loitering on station to monitor identified threats.
The RTCIPF will take operational control of the leased Aircraft, and will provide the pilots, crew and fuel. The Aircraft will operate under the RTCIPF’s CAA Air Operators Certificate. However, the Contractor shall provide all Maintenance activity in accordance with this Requirement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** TC

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2023 to 31/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015899-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-05T18:44:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:07:23.416Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d3cf