Expired contract

Drone Services

Details

Value
£2,000,000
Duration
2 years
Published
5 April 2022

Tender description

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Commercial Procurement Services (COCH CPS) are tendering Drone Services as there is massive opportunity and growth within this field. COCH CPS have identified a gap in the market with regards to specialist medical drone logistics and are aware that there are live trials in progress with a few different NHS Trusts. COCH CPS also acknowledge that an existing frameworks route to market may be limited in scope and have tried to ensure this Framework Agreement remains versatile to meet the needs of the Contracting Authority. There will be six lots: • Lot 1 - Supply of Drones, Associated Products and Software • Lot 2 - Supply of Drone Operator Pilots • Lot 3 - Hire of Drones, Associated Products and Software (including and excluding Operator Pilot) • Lot 4 - Maintenance, Repair and Servicing for Drones • Lot 5 - Training for Drones • Lot 6 - Supply of drones for medical drone delivery services

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published5 April 2022
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 June 2022
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 May 2024

About the buyer

University of Bristol is a higher education institution that buys through its own procurement team. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks from the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and the Crown Commercial Service. Category teams advise faculties and divisions on purchases before tenders are issued. Tenders are issued directly when no suitable framework applies. The procurement team is an active member of the Higher Education Procurement Association.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Bristol's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, transport equipment and architectural and engineering services.

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