Published date: 12 December 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 12 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

TSC001-DN703508-90193362

Published date

12 December 2023

Closing date

12 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 January 2024

Contract end date

1 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Connected Places Catapult (the Catapult), is the UK's innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place leadership and they are working on Project Skyway. Project Skyway is an initiative funded by Innovate UK which seeks to create the UK's first "drone superhighway." This would allow drones to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in a controlled and regulated way, something that isn't currently possible.
To do this, a group of organisations with expertise in aviation are working together to develop and test the superhighway. This includes experts in drones, air traffic management and communications. This project is a proof of concept. It is working to deploy the technology, conduct trial flights in Autumn 2023, and submit data for review by the Civil Aviation Authority. The project ends in July 2024.

The Catapult are leading on stakeholder engagement as part of Project Skyway. As part of their work, they would like to better understand the demand for Skyway by interviewing potential customers of the superhighway.


If interested, please register at link below if not already registered and Express an Interest on this project and you will be able to download the tender documents: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

More information

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If interested, please register at link below if not already registered and Express an Interest on this project and you will be able to download the tender documents: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

About the buyer

Contact name

Raj Ragiwala

Address

1 Sekforde Street
London
EC1R 0BE
England

Telephone

+44 2079525111

Email

raj.ragiwala@cp.catapult.org.uk

Website

http://cp.catapult.org.uk