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# Subsurface Casualty Location and Retrieval - Market Engagement

[Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority](https://tendernation.io/buyers/kent-and-medway-towns-fire-authority)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

10 Nov 2025

Deadline

Rolling deadline

## Who can bid

- Below-threshold contract

    Buyers cannot shortlist bidders on suitability before tenders are in, so everyone gets to submit a bid (except some larger works contracts).

    [Procurement Act 2023, section 85](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/85)
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

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:

[delta-esourcing.com](https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Firefighting%2C-rescue-and-safety-equipment./3PR27DQR9S)

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

[delta-esourcing.com/respond/3PR27DQR9S](https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3PR27DQR9S)

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## CPV classification

Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment Subsurface surveying services

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-05de24-2025-11-10T19:05:20Z

[View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-05de24-2025-11-10T19:05:20Z)

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