Official UK procurement notice
Aerial Surveillance and Survey Services - Storage and Maintenance
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward of extension of contract to store two aircraft and maintain them ready for removal.
CPV: Aerial photography services · Aircraft maintenance services · Aircraft operating services · Aircraft-operation services · Fixed-wing aircrafts · Piloted aircraft · Special-purpose aircraft · Surveillance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Award of contract for extension of our aerial surveillance and survey services…Awarded
Award of contract for extension of our aerial surveillance and survey services contract without seeking offers through a formal procurement procedure has been untaken due to unforeseeable circumstances. Under clause 72 (1)(b) of the legislation, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition where all the conditions are fulfilled. In this case, the grounds for not exposing to competition are as follows:
The aircraft are due to be sold by the Scottish Ministers. Brokerage services are due to commence on 1 September 2025 so this leaves a lapse time of one month from end of service provision. Storage of the two aircraft and maintenance of the aircraft including a D-check which is due on one aircraft will have to be done to ensure maintain of their value. The present supplier is the only supplier able to provide a CAA maintenance agreed plan to undertake such a service and thus a short extension to our existing contract has been made for a period of one month.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Aug 2025, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2025, 15:30 BST
- Authority reference
CASE/208601- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050966- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058d11Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Award of contract for extension of our aerial surveillance and survey services contract without seeking offers through a formal procurement procedure has been untaken due to unforeseeable circumstances. Under clause 72 (1)(b) of the legislation, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition where all the conditions are fulfilled. In this case, the grounds for not exposing to competition are as follows:
Publisher note: (SC Ref:808035)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airtask GroupSME | £96,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 050966-2025-CASE/208601-1 · Airtask GroupSME
- Signed
- 30 Jul 2025
- Value
- £96,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Airtask GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.