Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-01-19
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, Fast Air Support Team (FAST)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50210000: Repair and maintenance of aircraft
Estimated value: 1389000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Servicios de reparación y mantenimiento y servicios asociados relacionados con aeronaves y otros equipos
Services de réparation, d'entretien et services connexes relatifs aux aéronefs et à d'autres équipements
Manufacture and fitment of new left and right tail planes for the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s (BBMF) Lancaster B1 aircraft together with other Depth maintenance activity including Minor Maintenance.
Research, design and manufacture of jigs and tooling; manufacture of left and right tailplanes incl. all necessary fixtures and fittings in accordance with approved drawings; testing and certification; fitment to Lancaster PA474 of the left and right tailplanes including functional testing at the contractor’s premises to ensure compliance with the Military Aviation Authority Regulations including Mil Pt 145; and provision of a full documentation suite including design approved organisation scheme company approval for any changes or concessions to the original tailplane design. The contractor will also be required to undertake a lancaster minor maintenance and other specialist out of phase maintenance tasks in accordance with mod approved data. The contract has an estimated duration of 3 (three) years commencing in Dec 2018 although the principal manufacture, fitment and testing will be required to be completed in time for the aircraft to be operational for the 2021 Memorial Flight season.
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(ii) and 32(2)(c) Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) and Regulation 32 (2)(c) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015). The contract may only be awarded to the Contractor due to technical reasons and for reasons of extreme urgency including the need to utilise specific know-how, tools, processes, infrastructure and the expertise of suitably qualified specialised personnel, which only the contractor has at its disposal and the fact that the contractor is the only supplier who holds the necessary MAOS (Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme) accreditation for the Lancaster B1 aircraft required by the authority to satisfy its obligations under the relevant military aviation authority regulations. To accredit any other provider would take a minimum of 18 months and thus not meet the authority’s required programme timetable.
The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk Go reference: GO-2021114-DCB-17641828


Winner: Aircraft Restoration Company T/A Propshop Ltd
Award value: 1389000
Number of bids: 1