Scope
Reference
Project Reference
Description
Project Corvus - Procurement of an Uncrewed Air System capabiity to support the Army Land Tactical Deep Find 24-hr Persistent Surveillance Requirement
Total value (estimated)
- £130,000,000 excluding VAT
- £156,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2031
- Possible extension to 30 April 2036
- 10 years
Description of possible extension:
Extension of support arrangements for a further period
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
Additional equipment and/or additional years' support; procurement and/or capability enhancement through spiral development
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 35613000 - Unmanned aerial vehicles
Submission
Enquiry deadline
18 August 2025, 5:00pm
Submission type
Requests to participate
Deadline for requests to participate
29 August 2025, 5:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
https://award.commercedecisions.com/corvus/web/project/c258ac4d-9685-43a9-b3ca-6679af094b28/register
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Award decision date (estimated)
31 March 2026
Award criteria
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| To be determined - percentage weighting to be defined. | To be determined |
Cost | 100% |
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Special regime
Defence and security
Competitive flexible procedure description
The Project Corvus Competitive Flexible procurement will include a Participation Phase, with a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) being released concurrently with this advert via the AWARD link as advertised below. The PSQ purpose is to identify potential tenderers who can Participate in the competition, and also to provide and gather further information from the market. Responses to questions asked will be assessed by the Authority, therefore potential PSQ responses will need to include as much evidence as possible (within the word limits stated) to provide a level of confidence to enable Authority decisions on Participation, including any Authority decision not to invite tenderers to Participate and submit tender proposals.
The PSQ participation period shall commence from issue of this Tender Notice and the PSQ (both being released concurrently) to the Participation end date stated in this notice which is 29 August 2025. Potential tenderers wishing to participate in Corvus should submit their PSQ responses by this date in order to proceed to the next stage of the Corvus competition. Any PSQ responses not received by the deadline will not be assessed, and as such will NOT be invited to tender. The Authority reserves the right to not invite Tenders from suppliers who have been judged by the Authority to have FAILED the PSQ.
The Authority will accept clarification questions (from the date the feature is available in AWARD), until the 18th August 2025. The Authority will seek to reply to any clarification questions no later than 15:00 on Friday 22nd August 2025.
IMPORTANT: In order to participate, suppliers will need to be registered to receive the PSQ and Tender documentation via the Commerce Decisions AWARD tool. All potential tenderers can register in preparation for the relevant information being available soon.
https://award.commercedecisions.com/corvus/web/project/c258ac4d-9685-43a9-b3ca-6679af094b28/register
Current Planned Step Process (noting this may be subject to change):
STEP 1 HMT PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT (PME) (Preliminary Engagement Notice UK 2) (COMPLETE)
STEP 2 PME QUESTIONNAIRE EVALUATION AND RESPONSES (COMPLETE)
STEP 3 PME NOTICE 2 (COMPLETE)
STEP 3A PLANNED PROCUREMENT NOTICE (COMPLETE)
STEP 4 TENDER NOTICE AND PROCUREMENT SPECIFIC QUESTIONNAIRE (PSQ)
STEP 5 PSQ RESPONSES ASSESSMENT AND MODERATION
STEP 6 IDENTIFY PARTICIPATING TENDERERS AND INFORM SUPPLIERS NOT INVITED TO PARTICIPATE
STEP 7 INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) RELEASE
STEP 8 ITT CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS OPEN (ICQ)
STEP 9 POTENTIAL VIRTUAL BIDDERS CONFERENCE
STEP 10 FINAL ICQ RESPONSES ISSUED BY AUTHORITY
STEP 11 TENDERS SUBMITTED
STEP 12 AUTHORITY CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS (ACQ)
STEP 13 INITIAL TENDER ASSESSMENT (WITH PASS FAIL ON KEY REQUIREMENTS)
STEP 14 NOTIFY TENDERERS NOT PROCEEDING TO FULL TENDER ASSESSMENT (OPTIONAL)
STEP 15 FULL TENDER ASSESSMENT AND ACQ FREEZE
STEP 16 IDENTIFY PREFERRED SUPPLIER
STEP 17 CONTRACT AWARD AND STANDSTILL
Documents
Documents to be provided after the tender notice
PSQ, ITT and associated documentation, including requirements, to be issued via the AWARD tool
Contracting authority
Defence Equipment and Support
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVRL-5831-GLMM
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
United Kingdom
Contact name: Rachel Barnes
Email: rachel.barnes852@mod.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support
Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Organisation type: Public authority - central government