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title: "701760450 - AHCSP/0005: Long Term Training and Support Service for Apache AH-64E Air Systems"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030ec4"
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# 701760450 - AHCSP/0005: Long Term Training and Support Service for Apache AH-64E Air Systems

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030ec4

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom is currently engaged in a procurement process aimed at securing a Long Term Training and Support Service for the Apache AH-64E Air Systems, designated under the title "701760450 - AHCSP/0005". This service falls within the aircraft maintenance and repair industry category, with a focus on providing comprehensive support for UK Apache helicopters and associated equipment. The procurement is at the Award stage, following a limited negotiation process without prior publication of a contract notice, with the contract signed on 21 December 2021 for a total value of £285,915,332. The primary delivery addresses for this service are located in the UK.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in defence and aerospace services, particularly those with expertise in maintenance, repair, and training related to military aircraft. Given the specialised nature of the contract, only firms with the necessary technical capabilities and intellectual property rights, similar to Boeing Defence UK, would be well-suited to compete. Businesses looking to expand their operations in the defence sector should consider the requirements of this contract and the potential for partnerships or subcontracting possibilities that may arise as the Ministry of Defence continues to develop its Apache helicopter capabilities.

## Notice

Full service support contract for the UK Apache AH-64E helicopters (and associated equipment) that will provide repair and maintenance, materiel support and design organisation services and maintainer, air- and ground-crew training (including management and maintenance of associated training equipment).

### Procurement Information

The Apache Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has placed a contract with Boeing Defence UK Limited (BDUK) for the long term support of the UK's Apache AH-64E, helicopters and associated maintainer, air- and ground-crew training. It is considered that this Contract can be placed with BDUK using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations 2011) for technical reasons and for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights. BDUK, as the platform designer and manufacturer, owns various intellectual property rights connected to the Apache AH-64E variant that it is considered would be required by any third party to deliver the Contract requirements. BDUK has provided no licences to such intellectual property to any other economic operator in connection with the manufacture or support of the AH-64E variant. Moreover, BDUK is the only economic operator with the necessary technical know-how, tools and means, and with the necessary access to essential technical information (including the manufacturing dataset, drawing set and software code to the AH-64E variant), required to provide the services to the required technical and safety standards. BDUK is also the lead system integrator for the USA's AH-64E variant and it is considered that any other economic operator would incur technical and integration risks brought about by a lack of access to wider systems design information

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002091-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Dec 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £285,915,332 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS34 8JH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BOEING DEFENCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50210000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft and other equipment

## Release History

- 24 Jan 2022 at 22:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002091-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:315471-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.boeing.co.uk/

## Provenance

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