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Published 29 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4895 Drone TEM · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF14)

Awarded value£220,000published award · inc. VAT

Awarded 11 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to TEMcompany

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UAS-based Drone TEM (dTEM) system with Visual Line of Sight (VLOS)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East Midlands

35613000 Unmanned aerial vehicles

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
Last source update: 5 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
Authority reference: C0346
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-054218
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050975 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Technical reasons

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 5 Sept 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
21 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published
5 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Apr 2025

Transparency notice published
29 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
12 May 2025, 14:06 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
24 May 2025, 00:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
5 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £220,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published

Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
TEMcompanySME26 May 2025 – 1 Apr 2028 · up to 1 May 2028Extensions: UKRI may extend this Contract for a period of up to four weeks by giving not less than two weeks’ notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The terms and conditions of this Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period.	£220,000 inc. VAT	11 May 2025	Awarded

Contracts

UKRI-4987 Drone TEM · TEMcompanySME
Signed
23 Jul 2025
Value
£183,333
Period
24 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2028
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

TEMcompanyAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PWJX-2246-JYGH Vester Sogardsvej 22 8230 Abyhoj, Abyhoj, DK, 8230, DKContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender5 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender12 May 2025, 14:06 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender29 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST