Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 15 Dec 2025, 17:03 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UK2 - Provision of a Computer Aided Dispatch System for SBA emergency services in Cyprus.

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£135,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 10 moends 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) Commercial Branch seeks a single supplier capable of delivering an online Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution to integrate all emergency services operating within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) on the island of Cyprus, including fire, police, ambulance, and customs & immigration.

The service must be fully operational and effective for use within Cyprus, supporting the unique requirements of the SBAs.

The CAD solutions must enable real-time coordination, communication and situational awareness for UK SBA emergency services. It should provide a unified platform for dispatch, tracking and communication across all blue light agencies, including SBA Customs & Immigration.

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

The supplier must provide a solution that meets the following capabilities:

  1. A unified dashboard that enables real-time tracking of internet-connected devices (e.g. smartphones and tablets) across all emergency services. The dashboard must identify which service assets are assigned to.
  2. A mobile application compatible with Android and iOS, deployable across staff and mobile resources. The application must support communication, location tracking and operational commands. It should also enable audio communication and integrate with body-camera or video equipment to enhance functionality.
  3. instant on-screen features, such as:
  • live video streaming from a caller's device without requiring an app download
  • location data such as GPS for missing persons
  • Secure management of media attachments via SMS
  • Real-time text chat with multi-language translation
  • Delivery of operational commands through messaging and through audio
  • Audio communication alongside body-camera or video support.
  1. Simple onboarding and setup, including bulk user creation for all services and integration with Microsoft Azure Active Directory for Single Sign-On (SSO)
  2. Training options for key users and administrators, delivered remotely or face-to-face/
  3. API integration through RESTful API for data exchange, analytics dashboards, and triggering CAD functionality.
  4. Integration with drones and third-party devices, supporting RTMP streaming in up to 4K UHD quality, accessible via the CAD dashboard and mobile app.
  5. Support and maintenance, providing at least remote assistance via telephone and email.

NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

The supplier's solution must provide:

  1. Secure cloud storage that will be hosted in the UK, with provision of a minimum capacity of 0.5 TB and three-way replication for data protection.
  2. Full compliance with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) security standards and the GDPR.
  3. High availability and built-in resilience to ensure continuity of critical operations, prevent data loss, and maintain service through multi-server connectivity.

ADITIONAL DATA & SERVICE LIMITS

The solution must include:

  1. Provision for at least 250 high-priority SMS messages per month.
  2. Support for one concurrent RTMP video stream per agency at any given time.
  3. A minimum of 0.5 TB of secure, replicated cloud storage hosted in UK data centres.

COMPLIANCE

The solution must meet the following information security and data protection standards:

  1. Adherence to Ministry of Defence (MOD) information assurance requirements and protective marking policies.
  2. Full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for handling personal and sensitive data.
  3. Certification or compliance with ISO 27001, the international standard for Information Security Management, covering data protection and risk management (or a demonstrably equivalent standard).

CPV: Command, control, communication systems · Data storage services · Industry specific software development services · Medical software package · Software supply services · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 10 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs 10 mo) · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions
Delivery listed: Cyprus (CY)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Ministry of Defence buys Software-related services (CPV 7226): the notice lists a non-UK location

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How the contest usually goes

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Question for the bid
This buyerMinistry of Defence · division 72
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

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Last 36 months.

Buyer: 34 of 118 known-size awards
29%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 of 25 known-location awards
40%

The notice lists delivery in Cyprus, so this procedure has no confirmed single UK region; the buyer’s figure reads its other awards, each against its own delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 decided notices
41 days

Half of these awards were announced within 41 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

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Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 97 of 148 procurements with awards had no recorded rival
66%

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Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer30 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 72
63% had one bid
Buyer · select a colour for counts
1 bid63%
Buyer: 19 of 30 lots with published bid counts.
2–327%
Buyer: 8 of 30 lots with published bid counts.
4–610%
Buyer: 3 of 30 lots with published bid counts.
7+0%
Buyer: 0 of 30 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer92 lots with estimate and award · all categories
61% below estimate
Buyer · select a colour for counts
Below estimate61%
Buyer: 56 of 92 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%22%
Buyer: 20 of 92 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17%
Buyer: 16 of 92 lots with an estimate and award.
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Lot #134 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£135k

This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.

Expected competition
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—Non-UK location in notice
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—Non-UK location in notice
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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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
Services
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
15 Dec 2025, 17:03 GMT
Last source update
15 Dec 2025, 17:03 GMT
Authority reference
715735458
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083063
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Command, control, communication systemsData storage servicesIndustry specific software development servicesMedical software packageSoftware supply servicesSoftware-related services
Delivery area in notice
Cyprus (CY)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f61a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published311 days ago
    15 Dec 2025, 17:03 GMT
  2. Market engagement281 days ago
    13 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT

    This notice has been published as one component of a market-testing exercise. The Authority is seeking responses from potential suppliers that hold the necessary capabilities to fulfil this requirement as descrbed in this notice.

    After reviewing the high-level statement of requirements described on this notice, if suppliers believe they can fulfil the requirements, this should be expressed in writing to the email address below:

    [email protected]

    Any enquiries relating to this requirement should be sent to the email address above.

  3. Tender notice expected234 days ago
    1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts204 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Dec 2025, 17:03 GMT
    UK2

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

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ HQ British Forces Cyprus, C Block, Episkopi Station BFPO 53, Episkopi, CY, HA6 3HP, CYContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure