Published date: 22 April 2015

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 2 February 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Air-charter services - 60423000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,500

Procurement reference

21794

Published date

22 April 2015

Closing date

2 February 2015

Contract start date

2 February 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2015

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Defra procuring on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
1.1 The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established in April 2010 and given powers under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. MMO mission is to enable the sustainable development of English seas.
1.2 The creation of the MMO brought together a range of existing marine management activities and new duties into a single organisation, marking a fundamental shift in planning, regulating and licensing activity in the marine area.
1.3 MMO has a wide range of responsibilities, including implementing a new marine planning system, licensing marine works and managing UK fishing fleet capacity, UK fisheries quotas and regulating to EU Fisheries Legislation.
1.4 This specification is for the provision of aerial assets that will be required to be capable of operating out to the UK (English) two hundred (200) NM Exclusive Economic Zone limit, details are as described below. In line with this specification the Contractor will be required to provide an aircraft that is capable of undertaking aerial surveillance activities in locations/sea areas as directed by MMO Marine Officers.

1.5 The specification is for the provision of 10 flight days, with specific objectives for each patrol. A flight day is considered to be on average 4 hours of flight time, and therefore a total of 40 hours of flight time is being contracted for.

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Award information

Awarded date

11 February 2015

Contract start date

2 February 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2015

Total value of contract

£50,500

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Directflight Limited

Address

Building 84a, Cranfield Airport, Cranfield, BEDFORDSHIRE, MK43 0AL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DEFRA
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk