Tender

Provision of Salvaged Aircraft Hulls and Facilities

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

03 Oct 2025 at 13:20

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Tender

22 Jul 2025 at 11:32

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

16 Apr 2025 at 09:58

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence, located in Wiltshire, United Kingdom, conducted a public procurement process for the provision of salvaged aircraft hulls and facilities, specifically aimed at hosting real-life airplane tactical entry training sessions for the Strategic Command. The process underwent several stages, including planning, tendering, and ultimately a cancellation of the award. Initially opened in April 2025, the tender aimed to utilise a competitive flexible procedure under the category of services, specifically in the defence sector. The procurement was initially scheduled to be awarded by September 2025, with the contract beginning later that month. However, the procurement process, identified by the id 062187-2025, concluded with the cancellation of the final award in October 2025, as announced in the tender cancellation notice.

This procurement presented opportunities for businesses specialising in providing salvaged aircraft hulls and secure training facilities. SMEs and VCSEs suited to delivering comprehensive facilities for defence-related training could find substantial growth potential in engaging with such tenders. The opportunity entailed a prospective contract value of £780,000, highlighting a significant commercial scope for businesses equipped to fulfil the Ministry's stringent requirements under the defence sector's special procurement regime. The reintroduction of such tenders, when uncancelled, would benefit those with expertise in logistics, aircraft structure provision, and secure facility management, fostering collaboration and business expansion within the UK’s defence industry.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Salvaged Aircraft Hulls and Facilities

Notice Description

Strategic Command, as part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), require a service that provides and installs salvaged aircraft hulls at a secure facility that is provided by the Contractor. The facility must be suitable for hosting MoD-led real life airplane tactical entry training sessions. These sessions are foreseen to be needed once or twice every six months. Please see the ITT pack for further details. This procurement is being tendered with Defence being applied as the special regime. This contract qualifies as a Defence contract in accordance with section 7 (g) of the Procurement Act 2023.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: All services that are anticipated to be delivered through this Contract will be via a Tasking Order Form Process. Any services rendered by the Contractor will incur expenditure against a limit of liability. There is no guaranteed volume of services to be provided by the Contractor through this Contract. Please see the ITT pack for further details.

Renewal: The Contract is anticipated to be let on a 3+1+1 basis, meaning that two additional Contract years may be invoked at the sole discretion of the Authority.

Planning Information

The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to identify the number of suppliers that may be able to deliver the requirement identified. In order to facilitate this, please could suppliers provide answers to the following questions: • Do you have prior experience delivering a similar requirement? And if so, could you provide detail of your experience (e.g., goods/services delivered, customer, value, duration)? • One aspect of the requirement is to provide airport fire and rescue service within 30 minutes, is this feasible? Please submit your answers to the email address stated in this notice, using 'Provision of a Service to enable Specialist Aircraft Training PME' as the email subject. Note: This notice does not signal the beginning of a procurement, nor a guarantee that any procurement activity will commence. Potential suppliers that act on any information received through this pre-market engagement do so entirely at their own risk.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0503c5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062187-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

34711100 - Aeroplanes

80520000 - Training facilities

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Oct 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
18 Aug 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
5 May 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
24 Sep 2025 - 24 Sep 2028 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Cancelled
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Additional Buyers

MISSING

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
ukstratcom-comrcl-team1@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WILTSHIRE
Postcode
SN13 9NR
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK72 Wiltshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Electoral Ward
Corsham Ladbrook
Westminster Constituency
Chippenham

Further Information

Notice Documents

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