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Published 5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Regional Drone Purchases · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Devon and Cornwall Police (Police & fire)

GoodsSME suitable
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£150,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 2 Feb 2028 · up to 2 Feb 2030 with extensions · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Devon 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 published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 2 Feb 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 2 Feb 2030 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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)
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05954a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Sept 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
  2. Market engagement
    19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Remote Questionnaire & Virtual Meetings

  3. Tender notice expected359 days ago
    1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts267 days ago
    2 Feb 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
    UK2

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

The Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall Police

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJZW-2866-PYJW Middlemoor, Exeter, South West, EX2 7HQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure