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OpenStage · planning

Home Office

Life Saving Appliances

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39525300
Value£50k
Deadline
Published6 Jan 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
bfprocurementmaritimeteam@homeoffice.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Furniture & Furnishings band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,729 valued Furniture & Furnishings tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

To engage an organisation to provide Life Saving appliances for in water and mass casualty rescue of migrants crossing the Dover straits in small boats.

The Home Office (HO) is responsible for securing UK borders and ensuring that all migrants attempting to enter the UK by small boats are safely and swiftly intercepted.

The Home Office currently operates a fleet of dedicated charter rescue vessels in the English Channel, working in cooperation with HM Coastguard to undertake SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) rescue operations.

The rescue vessels carry a variety of additional lifesaving appliances dedicated to the rescue mission that can be rapidly deployed to aid those in the water.

The Home Office wants to understand what/which suppliers can provide the appliances listed below.

1-PERSON (SINGLE) AUTO-INFLATE HORSESHOE SAR RESCUE APPLIANCE The appliance should be specifically designed for use in search and rescue (SAR) situations at sea or in any waterway, allowing increased accuracy by an under or over arm throw.

The SAR horseshoe should offer a more ergonomic and streamline design for improved deployment to provide buoyancy to a Man Over Board (MOB) casualty and must include as a minimum: • Automatic inflation • Retro-reflective tape • Compact to store in a soft case, • Quick & easy to deploy • Lightweight • Oral tube for top up • Automatic light 20+ PERSON AUTO-INFLATE SAR RESCUE COLLARS (“DONUT SHAPED”) • Specifically designed for mass casualty in-water events • Automatic inflation • Retro-reflective tape • Quick and easy to deploy • Automatic light • Stored in a soft case EMERGENCY WATER-ACTIVATED STROBE LIGHTING • Lighting units specifically designed to be added to horseshoe rescue appliances and rescue collars (including spare units for servicing). • Manual and automatic water activation by integral sensor points • Ultra bright powerful white flashing LED dome light (minimum 2.5cd and duration of 40hours light) • Fixing clip for easy attachment • Tamper proof GRAB BAG DRYBAGS (50L) FOR ONBOARD STORAGE • Provision of various size dry bags to store additional life saving appliances for easy deployment during incidents.

The collar and horseshoe appliances should have the ability to be re-used following their deployment, once serviced and re-packed by a trained shore-based technician.

Contract dates stated below are entered are solely for example and to enable completion of notice.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

To engage an organisation to provide Life

To engage an organisation to provide Life Saving appliances for in water and mass casualty rescue of migrants crossing the Dover straits in small boats.

02

The Home Office (HO) is responsible

The Home Office (HO) is responsible for securing UK borders and ensuring that all migrants attempting to enter the UK by small boats are safely and swiftly intercepted.

03

The Home Office wants to understand what/

The Home Office wants to understand what/which suppliers can provide the appliances listed below.

04

The appliance should be specifically designed

The appliance should be specifically designed for use in search and rescue (SAR) situations at sea or in any waterway, allowing increased accuracy by an under or over arm throw.

05

The SAR horseshoe should offer a more

The SAR horseshoe should offer a more ergonomic and streamline design for improved deployment to provide buoyancy to a Man Over Board (MOB) casualty and must include as a minimum:.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06007f
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
000863-2026
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