Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Schiebel Aircraft GmbH
- Value
- £1,058,442
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Administration, defence and social security services (CPV 75000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 007468-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2025
- Published28 Feb 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
BlueLight Commercial undertook a procurement procedure on behalf of the National Police Air Service (NPAS) with the Contracting Authority as the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) to award a contract for an Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Managed Service ProvisionThe UAS will take part in flight trials to assess a feasibility assessment of the possibility of delivering police air support in future via a blended fleet of crewed aircraft and UAS. Title to the UAS DOES NOT transfer to the Authority upon completionThe Contracting Authority for the contract as a result of this procurement procedure is to be West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
About the supplier
Schiebel Aircraft GmbH: every public contract they have won.