# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?buyer=universal-postal-union-upu 2 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Drone-based postal delivery pilot project in the Maldives" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/5b898793-7352-43a1-8f4d-aed647f44102/drone-based-postal-delivery-pilot-project-in-the-maldives" last-updated: 2026-10-20T00:05:57.241894+00:00 --- # Drone-based postal delivery pilot project in the Maldives The Universal Postal Union is seeking services to run a 10-month pilot of unmanned aircraft systems for postal logistics in the Maldives. The project covers preparation and test flights for the country’s designated postal operator. It is an open services procurement, and partial offers and variants are not permitted. The notice gives 10 November 2026 at 17:00 CET as the offer deadline and 22 October as the question deadline. It does not publish an estimated value or detailed eligibility and award criteria, which are referred to in the tender documents. - Status: open - Country: CH - Buyer: Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Submission deadline: 2026-11-10T17:00:00+01:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://www.simap.ch/de/project-detail/2a0aeae5-bcd9-48f0-b037-b84372d7d967 - Source checked: 2026-10-20T00:05:56.118181Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "5b898793-7352-43a1-8f4d-aed647f44102", "revision": 3, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-20T00:05:57.241894+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-20T00:05:56.118181Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/5b898793-7352-43a1-8f4d-aed647f44102/drone-based-postal-delivery-pilot-project-in-the-maldives", "locale": "en", "title": "Drone-based postal delivery pilot project in the Maldives", "summary": "The Universal Postal Union is seeking services to run a 10-month pilot of unmanned aircraft systems for postal logistics in the Maldives. 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