Official UK procurement notice
Air Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Services
Authority: Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Re-procurement plannedAir Traffic Service Maintenance Service · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAir Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Services focus on ensuring the safety, efficiency, and reliability of air traffic control systems and equipment. Services include servicing, maintenance, upgrades, and support for key Air Traffic systems and equipment.
CPV: Airport Surveillance System and Lighting System · Airport engineering services · Airport equipment · Airport operation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Requirement is for Air Traffic Engineering and Maintenance ServicesAwarded
Requirement is for Air Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Services.
Due to internal restructuring and lack of resources, it has become necessary to extend the provision of HIAL's current Air Traffic Engineering and Maintenance Services with the incumbent supplier for a further 2 years.
This notice serves as a record of the award of that extension without prior competition.
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 · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
- 16 May 2025, 10:53 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2025, 10:44 BST
- Authority reference
HIA-1213- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034627- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051584Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Contract was awarded under Regulation 48.1(d) for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the utility, the time limits for open procedure, restricted procedure or negotiated procedure with prior call for competition cannot be complied with.
A full open procedure was planned for this contract's replacement however the utility underwent a period of change resulting in the internal restricting and replacement of their Procurement Team. It is anticipated that the new Procurement Team will be fully resourced by mid-2025 and will then be in a position to commence options appraisals and pre-procurement activities for the replacement service provision.
Any change in Service Provider would require a period of transition following any procurement procedure. Due to the critical nature of this service and the time limits required for re-procurement and transition; the utility must extend the current service provision so that a fully planned procurement, and (potentially) Service Provider transition, can take place.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:802459)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATS (Services) | £2,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
| NATS (Services) | £2,367,094 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 022105-2025-HIA-1213-1 · NATS (Services)
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2025
- Value
- £2,400,000
- Status
- active
Contract 034627-2025-1 · NATS (Services)
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2025
- Value
- £2,367,094
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Justice CentreReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NATS (Services) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.