Camera Tenders and Contracts

Camera procurement covers body-worn cameras with evidence software, dashcams with fleet telematics, and road safety cameras: speed and average speed enforcement, calibration, maintenance, testing and software. University research labs buy ultra-high-speed cameras.

Stotles brings together camera tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Body-worn and road safety cameras are often called off from the ESPO security and surveillance and Crown Commercial Service transport technology frameworks, and police forces publish on the Blue Light e-tendering portal.

Camera tenders are scored on device performance, evidence management software and security, integration, support and whole-life cost. Many contracts bundle hardware, licences and support over several years, so service levels matter as much as the device.

Cameras that capture personal data must be used in line with UK data protection law and the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, and speed enforcement devices must be type approved by the Home Office. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Police forces and fire and rescue services are the heaviest buyers, followed by councils equipping parking enforcement, housing and community safety staff. Ambulance trusts and transport operators also run body-worn camera contracts for frontline and lone-working staff. Highways authorities and councils also buy dashcams, thermal cameras and speed enforcement cameras as separate equipment lines.

Read road safety partnership plans, fleet and frontline equipment replacement programmes, evidence management contract expiry dates and early market engagement notices, which show camera work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Camera notices most often carry 35125300 (Security cameras), 35120000 (Surveillance and security systems and devices) and 38651000 (Cameras), and 34971000 (Speed camera equipment), usually alongside a software or IT services code for the accompanying evidence management or calibration system.