plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Bell 429 PW207D2 Engine Flight Hour Support and Lifecycle Management Services

Buyer: NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC →

BuyerNATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC

Statusplanned

Deadline18 Sept 2026

ValueValue not published

Published17 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Provision of a flight-hour-based engine maintenance and support programme for Pratt & Whitney PW207D2 engines installed on Bell 429 aircraft, including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, engine shop visits, life-limited component management, technical support and logistics coordination to maximise reliability, availability and continued airworthiness.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2034

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Repair and maintenance services of aircraft engines	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Repair and maintenance services of aircraft engines (50211210); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 50	3,053	3 median · 24.8 average (740 of 3,053 with a bid count)	3.7 average (832 of 3,053 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	2	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeutilities

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice
biddingDocuments tender · biddingDocuments
biddingDocuments tender · biddingDocuments

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

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Latest release ID	078148-2026
Latest release timestamp	Mon Aug 17 2026 13:26:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	selective
Procurement method details	Competitive flexible procedure
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	2026-09-18T23:59:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	2026-11-01T23:59:59Z
Submission method details	Suppliers wishing to participate in this opportunity should complete the attached 'Expression of Interest (EOI) & SAP Ariba On-boarding Form' and return it to simon.giles@nationalgrid.com After the Tender Notice is issued on Find a Tender, National Grid Procurement will issue the tender documents via SAP Ariba to those suppliers that have expressed their interest in response to this notice.
Submission languages	en
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	2
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
17 Aug 2026	planningUpdate	078148-2026
31 Jul 2026	planningUpdate	072629-2026
30 Jul 2026	planning	072154-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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31 Jul 2026 · 072629-2026 · planningUpdate

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30 Jul 2026 · 072154-2026 · planning

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