Notice Information
Notice Title
YPO - 001148 Drones and Associated Services
Notice Description
YPO are looking for Suppliers to be appointed onto a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Drones and Associated Drone Services. The DPS is designed to meet the needs of all public sector organisations which includes YPO's internal requirements and any of YPO's wholly owned associated or subsidiary companies.
Lot Information
Supply of Drones, Maintenance and Accessories
Purchase of drones (Spec A and B) required for operational policing purposes via Lot 1 of the YPO framework for Drones and Associated Drone Services ref. 1148.
Options: The initial DPS will cover the period from 6th March 2023 to 5th March 2027. The first decision to extend the contract period will be taken by the end of the 4th year (2027) and every 3 years thereafter. This will be dependent on satisfactory completion of all aspects of the contract to date, the current market conditions for this category and YPO's contracting structures. The maximum contract period will therefore be 10 years, from 6th March 2023 to 5th March 2033 (subject to an annual review and KPI performance).
Renewal: There is a possibility that this DPS will be renewed after 9.5 years from the commencement date.
Drone ServicesDrone Services
Options: The initial DPS will cover the period from 6th March 2023 to 5th March 2027. The first decision to extend the contract period will be taken by the end of the 4th year (2027) and every 3 years thereafter. This will be dependent on satisfactory completion of all aspects of the contract to date, the current market conditions for this category and YPO's contracting structures. The maximum contract period will therefore be 10 years, from 6th March 2023 to 5th March 2033 (subject to an annual review and KPI performance).
Renewal: There is a possibility that this DPS will be renewed 9.5 years from the commencement date.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03583f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061021-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
-
- CPV Codes
35613000 - Unmanned aerial vehicles
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Sep 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Mar 20338 years to go
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Dec 2022Expired
- Award Date
- 14 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Mar 2023 - 5 Mar 2033 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- There is a possibility that this DPS will be renewed after 9.5 years from the commencement date.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- YPO
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Contracts Team, Daniela Khan
- Contact Email
- contracts@ypo.co.uk, daniela.khan@surrey.police.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7901239756
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WAKEFIELD
- Postcode
- WF2 0XE
- Post Town
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
- Delivery Location
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
-
- Local Authority
- Lewes
- Electoral Ward
- Lewes Bridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Lewes
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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