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title: "Helicopter Maintenance & Role Equipment"
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# Helicopter Maintenance & Role Equipment

Buyer: POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND - TRANSPORT SERVICES BRANCH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03a21e

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## Summary

The Police Service of Northern Ireland - Transport Services Branch has completed a procurement process for the provision of maintenance services and specialist role equipment upgrades for its helicopter fleet. The tender, titled "Helicopter Maintenance & Role Equipment," falls under the services category with a CPV code of 50212000. The procurement method used was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract, worth GBP 14,000,000, was signed on 20th December 2022. The tender was managed to ensure the continuation of airworthiness standards for PSNI's Eurocopter helicopters.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses knowledgeable in helicopter maintenance and role equipment upgrades to engage with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Given the unique requirements related to the aircraft's design, safety standards, and specialist surveillance equipment, businesses with experience in providing continuing airworthiness management for high-flying rate fleets are well-suited to compete. The contractor, a CAA approved organisation and the original equipment manufacturer, ensures the highest maintenance standards to guarantee officer safety during operational deployments, reflecting the critical nature of the services being procured.

## Notice

Provision of maintenance services, specialist role equipment upgrades and fitment for PSNI's helicopter fleet.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of maintenance services, specialist role equipment upgrades and fitment for PSNI's helicopter fleet

### Procurement Information

PSNI currently have 3 Eurocopter Helicopters operating from a location in Northern Ireland. Provision of aerial support is a province wide asset managed by Crime Operations Air Support Unit. Historically these aircraft have been maintained through the establishment of a number of Direct Award Contracts (DACs) approved accordingly within PSNI and DoJ. The direction of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) states that an operator (PSNI) of an aircraft must have a maintenance agreement in place with suitability licensed contractors to provide continuing airworthiness and the respective maintenance services, without these formal arrangements in place the aircraft would have to be grounded. The contractor is the original and sole equipment manufacturer of the PSNI aircraft types; the design is their Intellectual Property and shall not be delegated or licensed to a 3rd party. The contractor is the Type Certificate Holder for the core aircraft design and it is responsible for defining the aircraft's "build standard, safe operation and maintenance of airworthiness policy". The platform design, qualification data and safety case empowers the contractor to specify the requirements and mandate modifications for all components (includes specialist role equipment) fitted to the core aircraft and mission systems. The contractor is an CAA approved continuing airworthiness management organisation and a BCAR A8-23 authorised helicopter maintenance organisation. They have intellectual proprietary rights to the equipment fitted on the aircraft. The aircraft is used for national security type specific duties and is fitted with specialist survelliance equipment. They have the unique competency to manage mature, high flying rate fleets as the OEM and they are the sole source for providing a single integrated solution, they offer an integrated logistics support utilising their supply chain, access to national stock levels and availability of all specialist tooling. They have existing infrastructure in place for the delivery of this service and have unique knowledge and experience in working with PSNI and their specific operational needs since aircraft entry into service. The provision of this complete maintenance service ensures that the aircraft are maintained to the highest standards ensuring officer safety in their respective operational deployment. The value of this DAC is above the threshold and therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) apply. There are derogations under the regulations to award a contract to a single supplier where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier for any of the following reasons:- i)Where competition is absent for technical reasons (regulation 32(2)(b)(ii); or ii)For reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (reg32(2)(b) iii) but only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003165-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £14,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND - TRANSPORT SERVICES BRANCH |
| Locality | CARRICKFERGUS |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT38 8PL |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN0F Mid and East Antrim |
| Local authority | Mid and East Antrim |
| Electoral ward | Greenisland |
| Westminster constituency | East Antrim |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INFORMATION WITHHELD FOR SECURITY REASONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50212000 - Repair and maintenance services of helicopters

## Release History

- 1 Feb 2023 at 16:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003165-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
- https://www.psni.police.uk/

## Provenance

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