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title: "Viking Gliders Availability Contract"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-036ba7"
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current_stage: "Planning"
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# Viking Gliders Availability Contract

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-036ba7

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence has planned a procurement process for the Viking Gliders Availability Contract in the United Kingdom. The contract falls under the industry category of Repair, maintenance, and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads, and marine equipment. The contract aims to combine existing contracts for glider support into a single availability contract to provide services for the RAFAC, including cadet flights and scholarships. The total contract value is £50,000,000 with a contract duration of 10 years, starting on April 1, 2025. Interested parties can reach out to susan.connor105@mod.gov.uk to register interest.

This procurement opportunity presents a considerable business growth potential for companies specializing in glider maintenance, aerotow provision, winch provision, and design support services within the defence services industry. Businesses with expertise in providing ground support equipment and runway caravans can also find opportunities in this contract. The Ministry of Defence is the buying organisation for this planned tender, which is currently in the planning stage and is set to start on April 1, 2025. Interested businesses should prepare to provide high-quality glider support services and demonstrate capacity to meet the contract requirements over the 10-year period.

## Notice

There are currently three contracts in place for the provision of Support for Gliders as follows: * DE&S held Contracts o Glider Post Design Services (DAOS approved organisation) o Glider Spares * Air held Gliders Support Contract covers the provision of - o Glider Maintenance Support (MAOS approved organisation) o Glider Aerotow provision o Glider Winch provision Subject to a successful Life Extension Programme, the requirement is to combine these 3 individual contracts into a single availability contract to gain efficiencies and return better VFM. This will provide the RAFAC with 10,000 Air Cadet flights per year including 200 Scholarships with an aspiration to fly up to 20,000 air cadet flights including 600 scholarships by 2029, requiring 5 serviceable gliders at each of the 9 Viking Glider School (VGS) sites, available each flying day (Sat & Sun) also including 4 x 1-week courses, requiring 6 Gliders at Central Glider School (CGS) (RAF Syerston) each Monday to Friday, along with 3 Gliders for Robson Academy Monday to Friday. In addition, there is a requirement to provide and support Glider Trailers, provision and support of the runway caravans as additional requirements and ground support equipment associated with the operations and maintenance of the platform. In addition, there may also be a requirement to include recovery of 5 gliders from long-term storage per annum over 5 years. This is a requirement for a 10-year contract period for the provision of Gliders Support To register your interest in this please email susan.connor105@mod.gov.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026979-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 42 - Industrial machinery
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 34721000 - Gliders
- 35820000 - Support equipment
- 42141410 - Winches
- 42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
- 50200000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment
- 79933000 - Design support services

## Release History

- 27 Sep 2022 at 07:43 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026979-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.contracts.mod.uk

## Provenance

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