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Drone and Drone Services (1356)

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation

Framework

18 days left

Closes UK time

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Estimated value
£500,000,000
Excluding VAT
Where
Not stated
Buyer in Yorkshire and the Humber
Trade
Security
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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The Drones and Drone Services framework offers two call-off award procedures: Award Without Competition and Competitive Selection Process. The solution is to support the public sector in the purchase of drones and associated products and services.

Official notice
Find a Tender, notice 096010-2026
Buyer
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
Buyer’s region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Where the work is
Not stated on the notice
Listed on Evendraft under
Yorkshire and the Humber (the buyer’s region: the notice gives no place of work)
Published
12 Oct 2026
Tender deadline
11 Nov 2026, 14:00 UK time
Questions by
30 Oct 2026, 14:00 UK time
Estimated value
£500,000,000 (excluding VAT)
Trade
Security
CPV codes
  • 35613000 Unmanned aerial vehicles
Procedure
Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
Framework
Yes, for up to 100 suppliers
Lots
2 lots
Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
Yes
Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
No (estimated value over £1m; framework with 100 places)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
Documents
On YPO’s supplier portal

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