# Helicopter Services for Aerial Surveillance in Support of Plant Health Operations

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Forestry Commission](/buyers/forestry-commission/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,500,000
- Published: 7 February 2025
- Planned start: 11 April 2025
- Planned end: 10 April 2029
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9585249e-7a60-4ddd-b71b-ff0cd9ba3f53-824448
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-624797c0-d7f1-48ab-824f-f68ce25661ee

## Description

We will be awarding a framework agreement for the supply of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and photography for plant health purposes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland\. This framework agreement requires provision of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and is therefore not suitable for suppliers of UAV \(drone\) services\.

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of Lone Working System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d56a04a3-79ee-4759-8c9d-8badfa327285): Forestry Commission,
- [1\. Supply of two Unmanned Aircraft Systems \(UAS\) spraying equipment and 2\. Consultancy services support for associated Operating Safety Case development](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e2d18503-e4b1-4852-b035-4add9d11630b): FORESTRY COMMISSION
- [Supply of two portable/relocatable, external, weather-resistant, growth chambers for plants/saplings \(self-contained, walk-in growing rooms\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-23d4f5ba-7a69-4a35-85ed-e963e5537080): FORESTRY COMMISSION

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9585249e-7a60-4ddd-b71b-ff0cd9ba3f53-824448)