Direction Finding Equipment Tenders and Contracts

Direction finding procurement covers VHF and radio direction finders for coastguard and airport use, and in-service support for military TACAN and direction finder systems on warships. Installation and integration work that connects new sensors to a wider radio network also comes up. Scientific direction finders for tracking satellite tags appear occasionally.

Stotles brings together direction finding equipment 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. Defence direction finding support is placed through the Ministry of Defence's own procurement routes, and coastguard and airport replacements appear on Find a Tender.

Radio equipment must meet Ofcom licensing and spectrum rules, and defence work often requires security-cleared staff. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar installations at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Direction finding equipment locates the source of a radio transmission rather than just detecting that one exists. Public sector buyers procure it for maritime distress and navigation work, military air systems and radio spectrum monitoring, alongside the installation, in-service support and spares that keep it running.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency and harbour authorities buy VHF direction finders to support vessel safety and navigation. The Ministry of Defence buys direction finder systems for aircraft carriers, and airport operators buy them for air traffic and navigation support.

Read equipment replacement plans, asset registers, framework renewal dates and expiry dates for existing supply contracts, which show direction finding equipment 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.

Direction finding notices carry 38112100 (Global navigation and positioning systems), 32441000 (Telemetry equipment) and 35700000 (Military electronic systems) for defence work.