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# NPAS CAA Innovation Hub

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/npas-caa-innovation-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-033433). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "NPAS CAA Innovation Hub". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-ons-e47000003)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £420,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033433`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/npas-caa-innovation-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-033433#tl-md)

## Description
The engagement of the CAA Innovation Hub as an advisor to NPAS (National Police Air Service) for the feasibility study of the use of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)unmanned aircraft in UK airspace. The CAA Innovation Hub will advise and support the process for obtaining permissions to conduct the trials required to demonstrate safe operations and obtain regulatory approvals for BVLOS in operational policing.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The CAA are the sole regulator of civil aviation in the UK.  Accordingly, they are the sole authority with the ability to grant permissions for operation and testing of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) aircraft in UK airspace. The CAA Innovation H...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011670-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Civil Aviation Authority**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184340`
  - Value: £420,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011670-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £420,000
  - Signed Date: 28/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011670-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-05T10:52:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:28:18.761Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033433