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
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Flowcopter SME
- Value
- £153,000
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and Development services on security and defence materials (CPV 73400000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Feb 2026
- Published11 Feb 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
innovation and experimentation project evaluating heavy-lift uncrewed systems (UXS) for universal carriage (logistics and CASEVAC in extremis).
About the supplier
Flowcopter: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC637173).