Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-27
Buyer: Civil Aviation Authority
Country: UK
Region: West Sussex
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34700000: Aircraft and spacecraft | 34711100: Fixed-wing aircraft | 34711300: Unmanned aerial vehicles | 34711400: Amphibious aircraft | 60400000: Air transport services
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender exercise is for the procurement of a Charter Air Broker (Service Provider) who will work in collaboration with CAA and potentially other third party providers, to undertake efficient and effective repatriation operations that provide the best possible service to consumers who are abroad at the time of a failure. The Service Provider will be required at short-notice to form a team of individuals with the right technical and operational skills and experience, and in sufficient numbers to work with CAA in managing a repatriation operation.
This tender exercise is for the procurement of a Charter Air Broker (Service Provider) who will work in collaboration with CAA and potentially other third party providers, to undertake efficient and effective repatriation operations that provide the best possible service to consumers who are abroad at the time of an ATOL Holder failure.
The Service Provider will be required at short-notice to form a team of individuals with the right technical and operational skills and experience, and in sufficient numbers to work with CAA in managing a repatriation operation. This will entail the Service Provider undertaking:
The Agreement may be extended on the same terms and conditions at CAA's option for a further period or periods not exceeding 12 months in total.
CAA has reviewed its contingency plans and operational resilience for dealing with larger scale repatriation operations and is now enhancing these arrangements. This entails working in collaboration with the aviation industry, improving charter market intelligence and acquiring expertise in flight planning and charter air broking. This tender exercise is for the procurement of a Charter Air Broker (Service Provider) who will work in collaboration with CAA and potentially other third party providers, to undertake efficient and effective repatriation operations that provide the best possible service to consumers who are abroad at the time of an ATOL Holder failure. The Service Provider will be required at short-notice to form a team of individuals with the right technical and operational skills and experience, and in sufficient numbers to work with CAA in managing a repatriation operation. This will entail the Service Provider undertaking:
Bidders interested in delivering the services must ensure and provide evidence that they meet the following minimum qualification requirements:
iv. Are able to provide 24/7 in-house (not sub-contracted or outsourced) Flight Watch throughout the course of a repatriation operation. (Flight Watch includes but is not limited to the continuous monitoring and recording of contracted airline service performance and resolving operational issues arising).
Due to the nature of the CAA's requirements only an estimate Framework agreement value can be provided, we are not able to predict if, or how many failures may occur. Our estimate is that the value of the Framework Agreement may be between the sums of 10 000 GBP to 1 000 000 GBP over the Agreement term.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://caa.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Air-charter-services./62748782T8
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://caa.delta-esourcing.com/respond/62748782T8


Award value: 1000000