CSP26657 - Heavy lift drone
Awarded to COLENA LTD
UK Research and Innovation(buyer)
- Published
- Published 9 July 2026
Tender documents
Skim pulls every file the buyer attaches to this process and extracts the requirements from it.
Documents as they publish
Specification, evaluation criteria, pricing schedules and every requirement — extracted, searchable and mapped to your response.
Overview
Contracting authority
8 live opportunities · 966 awarded contracts
Swindon, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Procuring entitySwindon, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PMPN-7535-GNTG
Find the key decision makers
The people who scope, score and sign this contract — names, roles and how to reach them.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Closed
- Procedure
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- Published
- 9 July 2026
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £32,912
- Award date
- 5 July 2026
- Contract period
- 6 July 2026 → 31 July 2026
- Contract length
- 1 month
- COLENA LTD
This contract ended on 31 July 2026.
Contract ending soon? Skim tracks incumbents and flags recompetes early. Start for Free to set up alerts.
About the winner
COLENA LTD
- Based in
- North Shields
- Public contracts won
- 9
- Across UK and EU notices
No other contract from UK Research and Innovation under this supplier name in Skim's records.
Market context
Typical award in Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
£170,000
Median of 1,399 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 81% below the median.
UK Research and Innovation in the last 12 months
1,718
contracts awarded, worth £253,144,039 in total
Recent awards in Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
The latest contracts other buyers awarded under the same classification.
- Purchase of Drones
West Midlands Fire Service, won by iRed Ltd
£40k · 24 August 2026
- Project Corvus - Procurement of an Uncrewed Air System to support the Army Land Tactical Deep Find 24-hr Persistent Surveillance RequirementDeep Find
Defence Equipment and Support, won by Tekever Ltd
£220m · 23 July 2026
- Bi-Lateral GLA Aviation Services Project
Northern Lighthouse Board, won by PLM Dollar Group Ltd (trading as PDG Aviation Services)
£59.4m · 13 June 2026
- Kent Drones 26-27
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, won by Colena Heliguy
£22k · 10 May 2026
Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
9 July 2026
More from UK Research and Innovation
Other contracts from the same contracting authority. 8 live opportunities · 966 awarded contracts on their hub.
UKRI-6349 UPLiFT Refrigerant-based Helium Gas Cooler
Deadline 17 December 2026
UKRI-7481 Downhole geophysical equipment for hydrogeological investigations
Deadline 11 December 2026
UKRI-6233 Vulcan 20-20 WP 19 VTA1 Shield Door
Deadline 8 December 2026
Get the full picture
AI analysis, bid scoring, and expert strategy for this tender
Skim analyses every tender against your company profile and tells you whether to bid, how to win, and who you are up against.
How to win this tender
Skim reads the notice and every document attached to it, scores the fit against your company profile for a clear bid or no-bid call, then drafts each answer from your own evidence and past bids. You review, refine and submit — on time, with every requirement covered.
See exactly how Skim’s agents do this →
Comparing platforms? Skim is set against the alternatives for pre-tender intelligence, tender management software and bid management software.
Find tenders like this before your competitors do.
Skim scans every portal daily and scores each tender against your profile. Start for free and see the tenders you are missing.