Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-04-07
Buyer: Scottish Police Authority
Country: UK
Region: South Western Scotland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35612300 | 42122120 | 50212000: Repair and maintenance services of helicopters | 60424120
Estimated value: 17987676 GBP
Award criteria: Cost of provision of the Service, Service availability — implementation, continuity, resilience, Aircraft and role equipment, Proposed operating base

Technical requirements: Cost of provision of the Service
Service availability — implementation, continuity, resilience
Aircraft and role equipment
Proposed operating base
Based in Greater Glasgow servicing Scotland. The Contractor may be required to deliver the Service outwith the Police Scotland Force Area and will do so when required.
The contract is for the provision of an Air Support Helicopter service for the Police Service of Scotland (‘Police Scotland’) in terms of which the Contractor is required to supply a Primary Aircraft for the exclusive use of Police Scotland, and a Back-Up Aircraft, during the period of the Contract together with pilotage, full maintenance and repair services, full landing and ground facilities (including an operating base and hangarage), all fuel, insurance cover and other necessary facilities all in accordance with the Specification as detailed within the Invitation to Tender (ITT). An aircraft and pilot (in addition to the Primary Aircraft and pilot) may be requested by the contracting authority to support specific police operations or events.
The standard operating hours for the provision of the Service under the Contract shall be between 8:00 and 13:00 each day of the year, however, as detailed elsewhere in the ITT, the Service may be required by Police Scotland outwith the standard operating hours. The standard operating hours may be subject to change as detailed in the ITT.
The Primary Aircraft to be provided for the exclusive use of Police Scotland will be a light twin-engined helicopter of a type considered suitable for Police use by the Home Office and be 5 years old or younger as at 1.10.2016, e.g. Eurocopter EC135 / Airbus H135 or equivalent.
The Back-Up Aircraft will be a light twin-engined helicopter of a type considered suitable for Police use by the Home Office, e.g. Eurocopter EC135 / Airbus H135 or equivalent.
The Police Operating Base (inclusive of a helicopter landing pad) must be within the Glasgow Air Traffic control zone in: A location that ensures flying time not exceeding 5 minutes to the city centre of Glasgow; a location that allows for unhindered take off and landings and is clear of aerial obstructions; a location quickly accessible by road via arterial routes/ motorways; A location that minimises the impact of noise in the local community; and a location approved by the CAA and acceptable to the contracting authority and having all necessary local authority consents and warrants.
The Scottish Police Authority will issue to all tenderers by electronic means a formal award decision notification. The notification will give reasons for the award decision and provide details of the standstill period during which period the Scottish Police Authority will refrain from awarding any Contract, which period shall not be less than 10 clear days from the date of the issue of the notification. If proceedings are served on the Scottish Police Authority in relation to a Contract that has not yet been entered into, the procurement process will be automatically suspended. The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties to take action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. Any proceedings brought under the Regulations (other than proceedings seeking an ineffectiveness order) must be brought within 30 days of the date on which the unsuccessful party knew, or ought to have known, that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen unless the Court considers that there is a good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from that date. Any proceedings seeking an ineffectiveness order must be brought within 30 days of the relevant date under Regulation 47 (8) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (as amended), or, if neither of the circumstances in Regulation 47 (8) apply, within 6 months of the date the Contract was entered into.


Winner: Bond Air Services
Number of bids: 1