Official UK procurement notice
Drone Effectiveness Workshop · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Army
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of facilities and frequency generators for UK suppliers to test their uncrewed air systems (UAS) in an emulated environment.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Feb 2025, 15:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2025, 15:41 GMT
- Authority reference
713762450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007323- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e830Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Awarded pre-procurement regulations- procured under the T3E QinetiQ long term partnering agreement as it is falls into the Testing category. QinetiQ has the specialist technical expertise, facilities sand support services, which is required for the Drone Spectrum Workshop.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 007323-2025-1
- Signed
- 28 Jan 2025
- Value
- £48,460
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- MODReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- QinetiQ LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.