Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of 16 Air Traffic Control Visual Simulators at Royal Air Force (RAF) Locations
Notice Description
The requirement is for the provision of an Air Traffic Control (ATC) synthetic training environment tool, with ongoing maintenance and software update assistance throughout Contract lifetime. The equipment is to be installed on-site by the Contractor into an office-like environment. The information in this Notice is purely for information, and no further details are available at this stage. Please do not contact the contracting authority regarding this notice. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice if the opportunity progresses.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051934
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079896-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
-
- CPV Codes
34962210 - Air-traffic control simulation
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Dec 2025Today
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Jan 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 2 Feb 2026 - 1 Feb 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Stephen Crawley
- Contact Email
- stephen.crawley104@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HIGH WYCOMBE
- Postcode
- HP14 4UE
- Post Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Electoral Ward
- Ridgeway West
- Westminster Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079896-2025
4th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023387-2025
20th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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