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A400M UK Medium Term Aircraft In-Service Support Contract Extension UK5 Transparency Notice

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Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Defence Equipment and Support: "A400M UK Medium Term Aircraft In-Service Support Contract Extension UK5 Transparency Notice". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDefence Equipment and SupportScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Defence Equipment and Support. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.9Bids / Report
54.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Tekever LtdTop vendor: 60.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 83 active published awards; 11 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Tekever Ltd1 win£220,000,000
ST Engineering Advanced Material Engineering PTE. LTD1 win£65,840,000
JFD Limited3 wins£52,294,167
Northern Diver (International) Limited1 win£12,091,667
Southern Scientific Ltd1 win£8,250,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDefence Equipment and Support
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Oct 2025, 11:26 BST
Last source update24 Oct 2025, 11:26 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d339
What is being bought
The extension of the existing A400M-097 contract for national in-service support services for the Atlas A400M Airframe, including Base Maintenance Services, Line and Line Support Services and Continuing Airworthiness Management Support Service
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Oct 2025, 11:26 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Oct 2025, 11:26 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    24 Oct 2025, 11:26 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Oct 2025, 11:26 BST
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £265,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Airbus Defence and Space Ltd
£265,000,000 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Defence Equipment and Support

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM
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  • Defence Equipment and Support
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PVRL-5831-GLMM
    MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, UKK12, BS34 8JH, GB
    Matthew.Jones525@mod.gov.uk

  • Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) [Airbus Defence and Space Limited]
    supplier

    GB-COH: 02449259
    Calle Aviocar, 2, 28906 Getafe, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, ES, 28906, ES
    ruben.mar.martinez@es.airbus.com
Award and contract changes
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleIt is considered that this contract can be awarded in accordance with the justification set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Procurement Act 2023 where competition is absence for technical reasons. AMSL hold the unique position of being the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for the A400M aircraft, as well as the provider of common in-service support under the Global Support Step (GSS) arrangement for benefit of all partner nations who co-operated in procuring the design, development and manufacture of the A400m aircraft. In order to provide the required national in-service support services there is specific access, technical know-how and specific interoperability with the GSS arrangement which could only be provided by AMSL. In addition, performance of the national in-service support services is subject to Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme (MAOS) approval, with all Maintenance Organisations conducting maintenance or repair on UK military registered aircraft required to hold MRP Part 145 approval in accordance with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Regulatory Article (RA) 4800 series. AMSL as the OEM and DA is uniquely positioned to manage and sustain compliance with the complex regulatory regime applicable to the A400M programme to ensure coherence and seamless integration between the multiple regulated organisational approvals (including the Co-Ordinating Design Organisation, Approved Maintenance Organisation, Contractor Flying Approved Organisation and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation) to deliver a safe and effective enterprise. Further the A400M aircraft is yet to attain full military operating capability, with AMSL iteratively upgrading the capability and delivering a concurrent retrofit programme. As a result, the build standard of the A400M aircraft remains subject to substantial change and consequentially the platform and its components, design and proven performance remain at a relatively early stage of maturity. As such it is impractical to contract national in-service support services with another economic operator and would pose intolerable risk to the capability, effectiveness, readiness and safety of the A400M Atlas aircraft. In summary, AMSL are the only economic operator with the in-depth knowledge, experience and technical know-how to perform the services, whilst ensuring regulatory compliance, satisfaction of interoperability and airworthiness requirements, and delivering the availability for deployment of military operational aircraft that meet the needs of Defence.