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Drones Downlink
Descriptions
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, acting also on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, are tendering to appoint a single supplier for the provision of Drone Downlink functionality.
As part of the pre-market engagement we are asking suppliers to submit request for information, this will be used to help scope the Authorities specification, align budgets and determine route to market. The Competitive tender, whether this be via a framework or an open/competitive flexible opportunity will then be published in early 2026.
The scope of the project is for the solution to enable the streaming of live drone images into force systems allowing any Surrey Police and Sussex Police user who has been granted permission, to view and to do so on any force device. The imagery should also be able to be streamed to respective Sussex and Surrey FRS control rooms.
Requirements Summary
• Live images from Drone Operators controller (HDMI output) to a location (Force Control Rooms), Anyone who has permissions to access live footage from Drones
• Availability for use on multiple devices i.e. Tablets, MDTs....
• Availability across SSP (Surrey/Sussex Police)
• Viewing to include Stakeholder partners i.e. Fire Rescues, Ambulance etc
• Ability to integrate Single sign on (SSO) with Azure Active Directory (Surrey & Sussex Police AAD) with auditing
• 9 downlinks with min 5 users concurrent per downlink
• Digital encoding of video stream using H.265 encoding for transmission and storage.
• Absolute minimum video resolution 720p, ideally up to 1080p
• Securely store streamed footage for 30 days within the boundaries of the UK
• Transmission network capacity to support a minimum of 5Mbps (for 720p video, will be higher if a higher resolution is transmitted) per downlink/per drone operator.
• Ability to view live footage and to be able to "rewind" footage.
• Ability to download stored footage in MPEG-4 format
• Data must be secured at ASE128 in transit and AES256 at rest
• The system for transmitting footage should have sufficient battery capacity to transmit for at least 3 hours
• Robust audit trail to record who has viewed any live stream footage - with each action or event being linked to a user ID, device ID (IP address), date, time, and location
• View live/recorded footage from drone's cameras that can be operated in a variety of lighting levels and have infrared capability
Engagement
Suppliers who wish to respond to this request for information should register on the following link: https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/ Once registered onto the site, log in and in the top right corner click portals. Scroll down until you find Sussex Police and click the connect to organisation button. You should then be able to access the opportunity to register your interest and download the request for information documents.
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Tender Regions
CPV Codes
48219700 - Communications server software package
35613000 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
72212510 - Communication software development services
38651000 - Cameras
32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
64200000 - Telecommunications services
71354200 - Aerial mapping services
60400000 - Air transport services
35120000 - Surveillance and security systems and devices
35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
Keywords
UAS
drones
cameras
UAVs
defence hardware
SLR cameras
alarm systems
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motion detectors
telecom device
DSLR units
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security sensors
police equipment
radio equipment
VoIP integration
SIP server tools
UAV platforms
safety equipment
military drones
CCTV system
security camera
digital cameras
aerial mapping
photogrammetric mapping
UAV/drone mapping
firefighting apparatus
security infrastructure
call processing software
law enforcement gear
IP telephony provision
air passenger transport
multimedia call handling
unmanned aerial vehicles
telecom server software
chat system programming
reconnaissance drones
unmanned aircraft
airline route service
presence detection
communication apparatus
broadcast receiver
webinar integration
point-and-shoot cameras
aerial image processing
aerial terrain mapping
air freight transport
mirrorless cameras
television equipment
cargo air shipment
leased line service
security hardware
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message relay software
messaging queue services
fire fighting gear
orthophoto generation
low-latency messaging
multi-user conferencing
defense equipment
telecom traffic routing
access control system
voice server controller
IM server framework
telecom carrier operations
data transmission service
telecom network operations
communication plugin development
scheduled airline transport
remote sensing cartography
video surveillance devices
telecom infrastructure management
broadband connectivity service
surveillance and security systems and devices
network voice/data service
airborne data acquisition
aeroplane passenger service
network handshake modules
commercial flight operations
airline service provision
telecom integration server
session control applications
charter flight operations
network signaling protocol
real-time connection modules
unified communications middleware
commercial aviation service
message encryption service
voice communication provision
communication UI libraries
VoIP communications platform
Tender Lot Details & Award Criteria
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