Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Driver Vehicle Standards Agency
- Value
- £84,060
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Non-piloted aircraft (CPV 34711200)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 054295-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2026
- Published9 Jun 2026Published 83 days after the contract date
Description
“THIS NOTICE IS FOR TRANSPARANCY PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS BEING PROCURED BY DVSA FOR THE SUPPLY OF DRONES AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING.
About the supplier
Driver Vehicle Standards Agency: every public contract they have won.