Opportunity brief
ClosedUKRI-6358 Testing and Evaluation of Counter-UAS (Drone)
UKRI are looking to procure a supplier to assist in the testing and evaluation of the Counter-UAS demonstrations in Prison Environments competition. The supplier must provide all the required test facilities, personnel and equipment, including a variety of drones to test the C-UAS units against, and one, or more, qualified pilot(s) to fly them.
- Other sectors
- Public sector
- United Kingdom

- Buyer / issuer
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
- Sector
- Other sectors
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Public or private
- Public sector
- Closing date
- 06 Nov 2026, 13:00 SAST
- Estimated value
- £80k
- GBP
- Submission method
- Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
- Tender number
- UKRI-6358
- Status
- Closed
Scope summary
UKRI are looking to procure a supplier to assist in the testing and evaluation of the Counter-UAS demonstrations in Prison Environments competition. The supplier must provide all the required test facilities, personnel and equipment, including a variety of drones to test the C-UAS units against, and one, or more, qualified pilot(s) to fly them.
Category: services
Key requirements
- Procurement method: Below threshold - open competition
- Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.
Required documents
- Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)
Important dates
- Published
- 09 Oct 2026
- First seen by Atlas
- 10 Oct 2026
- Briefing session
- Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Submission deadline
- 06 Nov 2026, 13:00 SAST
Commercial snapshot
- Estimated value
- £80k
- Contract type
- Below threshold - open competition
- Category
- services
- Source
- UK Find a Tender
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