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How to win: Drone and Drone Services (1356)

A goods contract from Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation, worth £500,000,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation

Value

£500,000,000

Closing date

16 November 2026

About this contract

The Drones and Drone Services framework offers two call-off award procedures: Award Without Competition and Competitive Selection Process. The solution is to support the public sector in the purchase of drones and associated products and services.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £500,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: it closes 16 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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