Drone and Drone Services (1356)

Buyer
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
Value
£500,000,000
Closes
11 November 2026
Where
Wakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

The Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation is setting up a framework for public sector bodies to buy drones, drone equipment, and drone services. Suppliers can either provide physical drones and related products (like maintenance and software), or provide drone services (like surveying, inspection, mapping, or firefighting).

What the buyer wants

• Supply, maintain and service drones and drone accessories (ground control stations, charging docks, safety equipment) • Provide drone services such as surveying, inspection, data collection, mapping, firefighting, or operator training • Design and build custom drones if applicable • Offer managed drone services with technical support and training

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Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This is a very large framework (£500 million estimated value) designed for established drone manufacturers, operators and service providers with CAA certifications, existing insurance, and proven track record. Most sole traders or small generalist businesses would be outcompeted and unlikely to meet technical and regulatory requirements.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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