Official UK procurement notice
Airport Hot Fire Training Rig
Authority: Council of the Isles of Scilly (Local council)
Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£75,000£90,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 Jun 2026
Contract term 3 moends 1 Oct 2026 · up to 1 Dec 2026 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA training rig based on BN2, DH6 and or S76 aircraft to be situated at St Mary's airport with the appropriate infrastructure to facilitate training with live hot fires
CPV: Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment · Structural steelworks
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£75,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Contracts will be awarded an a 70:30 Cost:Quality assessment
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
- Closed
- 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
- 21 Apr 2026, 16:17 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 10:08 BST
- Authority reference
20260413 Hot Rig- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036284- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0687ceFind a Tender
Contract terms
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
21 Apr 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published183 days ago21 Apr 2026, 16:17 BST
- Clarification questions by170 days ago4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published142 days ago1 Jun 2026, 10:08 BST
- Submission deadline138 days ago5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Apr 2026- Tender notice published21 Apr 2026, 16:17 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published1 Jun 2026, 10:08 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 5 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST1 Jun 2026, 10:08 BST+4 days · was 1 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Extend deadline to 5.6.26
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Instructions for tenderers
- Bidding documents and specifications Statement of requirement
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender response (qualitative)
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender response: Priced
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender