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Published 7 Jul 2025, 17:06 BST

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Aircraft Training Environment · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Education Training Collective (Education)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEsReserved: K02000001
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Education & Training (80) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Published estimate£100,000≈ £120k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Aug 2025awarded 18 Feb 2026
Awarded to EDM Limited
Contract term 10 moends 1 Jul 2026 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Education Training Collective (ETC) is a group of Ofsted rated Outstanding FE Colleges and Independent Training Providers within the North-East of England. The group currently has turnover circa £32 million. We are seeking a supplier to provide a modern Aircraft simulation area in order to provide a realistic training environment for our cabin crew training courses.

CPV: Aeroplanes · Training facilities

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 10 moPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 1 Jul 2026 (10 mo)Value: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East
34711100 Aeroplanes80520000 Training facilities

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Price: 30% Quality: 70%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Jul 2025, 17:06 BST
Last source update
19 Feb 2026, 15:09 GMT
Authority reference
ETCP-2025-0013
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038022
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
AeroplanesTraining facilities
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055aac Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
4 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
24 Jul 2025, 18:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/the-etc/ ↗

Timeline

7 Jul 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Jul 2025, 17:06 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    24 Jul 2025, 18:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    4 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025
  5. Latest notice published245 days ago
    19 Feb 2026, 15:09 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Jul 2025, 17:06 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    19 Feb 2026, 15:09 GMT
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    19 Feb 2026, 15:09 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £173,5201 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
EDM LimitedSME£173,520 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Cabin Fuselage (College Cabin Mockup) · EDM LimitedSME

    Signed
    18 Feb 2026
    Value
    £173,520 inc. VAT
    Period
    18 Feb 2026 – 31 Aug 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    In case of potential build and installation delay

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Education Training Collective

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-UKPRN: 10006341 Stockton Riverside College, Thornaby, North East, TS176FBContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EDM LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01001465 Brunel House 1 Thorpe Road, Newton Heath,, Manchester, North West, M40 5BJContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender