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    ContractsGPS Tracking System for Small Boats - Procurement Notice
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    GPS Tracking System for Small Boats - Procurement Notice

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    22 Dec 2026 · in 8 weeks

    The Home Office is seeking a GPS tracking system supplier to monitor abandoned small boats, improve Search and Rescue coordination, and enhance maritime domain awareness across the UK.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· LondonPublished 29 Oct 2026· TodayviaFind a Tender
    Tender closes
    54d
    22 Dec 2026 · in 8 weeks

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    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £23,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Tender closes
      22 Dec 2026
      54 days left
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      London

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    Open

    54 days left to bid. Opened today, deadline 22 Dec 2026.

    29 Oct 202622 Dec 2026

    Brief

    The Home Office seeks qualified suppliers to provide a GPS tracking system for monitoring abandoned small boats in the UK and neighbouring Search and Rescue regions. This is a replacement and enhancement of an existing system that has operated successfully for four years and now requires renewal with current technology. The solution must enable near real-time location monitoring of abandoned vessels to improve Search and Rescue coordination, reduce duplicate responses, enhance maritime domain awareness, and free up resources for genuine distress incidents. Key capabilities include real-time monitoring, improved vessel recovery times, efficient coordination between Border Security Command, HM Coastguard, RNLI and other maritime partners, intelligence gathering support, and reduced operational costs from unnecessary deployments. This is an advance notice to allow potential bidders to prepare for tender submission. The full requirements will be provided at the tender stage, expected in late November 2026. Interested suppliers must register on the Home Office eSourcing Portal (https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/) and the UK Government's Central Digital Platform/GOV.UK One Login (https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create) to participate.

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    3 awards · 3 winners
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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-079423

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