Official UK procurement notice
Regional Drone Purchases · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Devon and Cornwall Police (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDevon and Cornwall Police are conducting pre-market analysis to understand the commercial supply base for a Mixture of Drones (Aircraft) to accommodate varying payloads and interoperability functionality.
We are seeking suppliers with proven past performance including technical capability and capacity, evidence of economic and financial standing.
This opportunity will be dynamic and evolving. This Notice is to alert the market of the potential parameters of the requirements.
We would like to hear from you as part of our market analysis phase, by way of completing a brief questionnaire to establish relevant information. Contact the Procurement team listed for more detail. There may be further request to discuss the requirement via team’s meeting at SWPPS discretion.
The Device(s) are required to either replace, enhance or uplift the current Fleet of Drones for Devon and Cornwall, Dorset and potentially Gloucestershire Police Forces, in additional to other regional Forces or Blue-light organisations who may express an interest to utilise this contract.
Please go to:
sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders ↗ to express interest in this market engagement .
CPV: Unmanned aerial vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
- Authority reference
1303 Regional Drone Purchases- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054427- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05954aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
- Market engagement19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Remote Questionnaire & Virtual Meetings
- Tender notice expected359 days ago1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts267 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender