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# Project CAESAR

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-caesar-ocds-h6vhtk-03178f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Maritime and Coastguard Agency: "Project CAESAR". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Maritime and Coastguard Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-gov-ea78)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Air-sea rescue services, Search and rescue helicopters
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £42,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03178f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-caesar-ocds-h6vhtk-03178f#tl-md)

## Description
The Channel Aviation Emergency Search and Rescue (CAESAR) contract was implemented in March 2022, at pace, to respond to the rising emergency in the English Channel caused by small boat crossings. The service provides a combination of fixed wing unmanned aircraft to provide a multi-layered operational picture over the Channel which allows His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG), and other Government operators, to identify vessels in the Channel, and then determine those vessels at most need of rescue in order to prioritise available surface assets and prevent deaths.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 35612500
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Description:** CAESAR was implemented as a dedicated Channel capability, under the existing UK Search and Rescue Helicopter (UKSARH) service provision, freeing the MCA's Air Surveillance and Verification service, which had been providing a stop-gap interim service,...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Modification of UK Search and Rescue Helicopter (SARH) service 2013-2026 (active)
  - Award id: `004339-2022-TCA 3/7/1251-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Bristow Helicopters Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131012`
  - Value: £42,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 037751-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **BRISTOW HELICOPTERS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131012`

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 037751-2024-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 01/11/2024

- **Contract:** Modification of UK Search and Rescue Helicopter (SARH) service 2013-2026 (active)
  - Signed Value: £42,000,000
  - Signed Date: 26/03/2013

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037751-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-22T08:49:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:21:25.728Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03178f