RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Connected Places Catapult

Open access UTM build and test services

Transport EquipmentCPV 34700000
Value£170k
Awarded31 May 2020
Published10 May 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£170ktotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Transport Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) relates to a nine (9) month CR&D project to develop, build and test the Open-Access UTM framework for drone operations below 400ft.

The project will include the development of the principal architectural features, communications interfaces and some of the services together with multi-stakeholder testing and simulations leading to field-trials.

This ITT is being issued for the procurement of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) expertise in the following areas: • Experience of having developed own UTM platform, services and interfaces • In-house software development capability with experience of aviation data • Experience of collaborative development of UTM including necessary documentation • Experience of flight-trials and evaluation

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

• Experience of having developed own UTM

• Experience of having developed own UTM platform, services and interfaces.

02

• In-house software development capability with experience

• In-house software development capability with experience of aviation data.

03

• Experience of collaborative development of UTM

• Experience of collaborative development of UTM including necessary documentation.

04

• Experience of flight-trials and evaluation

• Experience of flight-trials and evaluation.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at Connected Places Catapult, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Source & provenance
OCID
ad50a9bc-c424-48a3-8819-062594a5b0a4
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
TSC001-DN477596-18268809
View the original notice on Contracts Finder

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Transport Equipment

Scroll to explore the market network

Connected Places Catapult’s tender network

Assembling the network…

Also open now

Similar open tenders

The Provision of Bus Shelter Maintenance Service in Rutland

Rutland County Council

Closes 12 Aug 2026Construction
£80kValue

Three Year Service of Valise Liferafts

Home Office

Closes 22 Jul 2026Repair & Maintenance
£60kValue