Published date: 8 February 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 2 February 2024, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Hire of air transport equipment with crew - 60424000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£13,000,000

Procurement reference

BIP839666882

Published date

8 February 2024

Closing date

2 February 2024

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 December 2025

Contract end date

30 November 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Modification Notice
Original description: Helicopters. Support helicopters. Hire of air transport equipment with crew. Provision of helicopter services for the General Lighthouse Authorities in the UK and Republic of Ireland. This will be a collaborative provision. The services required include the transportation of staff, contractors and approved passengers between shore bases, ships, lighthouse stations and other sites together with personal effects, equipment, materials and other required cargo which involves under slung loads.
Description of the modifications
The contract will be extended by an additional 2 years to allow for a review of the services and a new tender to be undertaken.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
Due to the impact of Brexit the review of the services and requirements to enable continuation of services across the full GLA's UK wide and Ireland, we require a short extension to the contract to undertake the new tender process.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Fiona Lynch, Commercial Manager

Address

84 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DA
UK

Telephone

+441314733131

Email

procurement@nlb.org.uk