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title: "Project Kray (Provision of Flying Hours in a Tecnam P2006T for R&D)"
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# Project Kray (Provision of Flying Hours in a Tecnam P2006T for R&D)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-kray-provision-of-flying-hours-in-a-tecnam-p2006t-for-r-d-ocds-h6vhtk-03b47f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rapid Capabilities Office, Royal Air Force: "Project Kray (Provision of Flying Hours in a Tecnam P2006T for R&D)". 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:** [Rapid Capabilities Office, Royal Air Force](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rapid-capabilities-office-royal-air-force-GB-FTS-77923)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Military research and technology
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b47f`

## 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-kray-provision-of-flying-hours-in-a-tecnam-p2006t-for-r-d-ocds-h6vhtk-03b47f#tl-md)

## Description
The Rapid Capabilities Office, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (“The Authority”), intends to award CFS Aero Limited (“the Contractor”) a contract for the provision a 1000 flying hours in a Tecnam P2006T (MSP Version). The estimated value is £650k Ex VAT and will be for twelve months. 
In accordance with regulation 4 of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI No.2019/697) this procurement shall be regulated under the provisions of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (DSPCR 2011) as amended (in particular by SI 2019/697 and SI 2020/1450).  Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. 
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) and is lawful in accordance with regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the DSPCR 2011 for technical reasons. The Tecnam P2006T (MSP Version) has the only twin (Rotax) engine aircraft with suitable avionics and both digital non-digital potential to collect data in flight to feed a synthetic environment. The Contractor is therefore the only supplier able to meet the requirement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** As described above.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Project Kray (active)
  - Award id: `008077-2023-ACT/RC1142-1`
  - Supplier(s): **CFS Aero LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-77924`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Project Kray (active)

  - Signed Date: 20/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008077-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-20T16:40:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:56:04.080Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b47f