Official UK procurement notice
715943473Project Ubiquity FPV and Training EOI
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: UK
Published estimate £3,000,000≈ £3.0m / year · £3,600,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrup to 2 yrs with extensions · starts 11 Jan 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFirst Person Viewer (FPV) small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) element of Project UBIQUITY to deliver scalable, non-energetic FPV training systems for Army training, experimentation and force development.
The purpose of this EOI is to:
Gauge market interest and supplier capability to deliver affordable, scalable FPV training systems, associated ground control stations, batteries, spares, repair support and training/documentation support for Project UBIQUITY.
Confirm the existence of a competitive supplier landscape and inform refinement of the User Requirement Document prior to any potential formal tender release.
CPV: Unmanned aerial vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
35613000 Unmanned aerial vehicles
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 10 Sept 2026, 11:44 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 11:44 BST
- Authority reference
715943473- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f69e
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published9 days ago10 Sept 2026, 11:44 BST
- Market engagementin 13 days2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Please indicate your interest in participating in a potential future competitive tender by return email to [email protected] and [email protected] by 2nd October 2026. If you do not wish to participate, the Authority would welcome any feedback regarding your decision, as this will more…
assist in developing an understanding of the wider market. Suppliers should note that this Expression of Interest (EOI) is being issued solely for the purposes of early market engagement and market analysis. The Authority is seeking to better understand the current competitive landscape only. This EOI does not constitute a procurement exercise, call for competition, invitation to tender, pre-qualification exercise, or any other form of commitment by the Authority to procure goods or services. The Authority is not seeking formal bids, proposals or pricing at this stage, and participation in this market engagement activity will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process. The Authority reserves the right to use the information obtained through this market engagement to inform the commercial strategy. Any future procurement opportunity arising from this requirement will be subject to separate approval and, where appropriate, will be advertised and competed through the relevant procurement channels in accordance with applicable procurement legislation and policy. - Contract startsin 113 days11 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Sept 2026, 11:44 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender