Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Aircraft Brokerage Services
Notice Description
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate is seeking to appoint a qualified and experienced aircraft broker to market, manage and execute the sale of 2 Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II aircraft together with associated spare parts inventory. The aircraft are currently in operational use and will become available for sale from 31 July 2025. The tender for services would involve proposals for storage, preservation and maintenance of the aircraft and spare parts until such time as they are sold.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate is seeking to appoint a qualified and experienced aircraft broker to market, manage and execute the sale of 2 Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II aircraft together with associated spare parts inventory. The aircraft are currently in operational use and will become available for sale from 31 July 2025. The tender for services would involve proposals for storage, preservation and maintenance of the aircraft and spare parts until such time as they are sold.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052c3c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028751-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
34710000 - Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft
34711000 - Helicopters and aeroplanes
34711100 - Aeroplanes
66130000 - Brokerage and related securities and commodities services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £814,288 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Mar 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Sep 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2026 30 days
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERDEEN
- Postcode
- AB11 9DB
- Post Town
- Aberdeen
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Electoral Ward
- Torry/Ferryhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberdeen South
Further Information
Notice URLs
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