Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Aircraft Brokerage Services
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Ministers, Marine Directorate is seeking to appoint a qualified and experienced aircraft broker to market, manage and execute the sale of 2 Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II aircraft together with associated spare parts inventory. The aircraft are currently in operational use and will become available for sale from 31 July 2025.
The tender for services would involve proposals for storage, preservation and maintenance of the aircraft and spare parts until such time as they are sold.
CPV: Aeroplanes · Brokerage and related securities and commodities services · Helicopters and aeroplanes · Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Delivery of Requirements: 50
- Timetable: 20
- Key Staff and Due Diligence: 15
- Contract Management: 10
- price: 30
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities: 5
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivery of Requirements: 50
- Timetable: 20
- Key Staff and Due Diligence: 15
- Contract Management: 10
- Corporate & Social Responsibilities: 5
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
a) A review of the minimum specific yearly turnover over last two years.
b) Appropriate insurance levels as stipulated in 4B.5.
c) Demonstration of a Current Ratio of greater than 0.8.
d) A Net Profit greater than zero within the two year cycle.
Minimum: 4B2a: Bidders will be required to have a minimum "specific" yearly turnover of 100,000 GBP for the last two years. In the event that the Bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be considered any further in this tendering exercise. As evidence for the SPD (Scot… - Technical & professional ability
a) Recent examples demonstrating relevant experience to deliver goods or services.
b) Details of staffing resources and facilities available.
c) Details of technical facilities.
d) Environmental Management
e) Technical equipment, tools and plant
f) Subcontracting.
Minimum: 4C1.2: Bidders will be required to provide three examples over the last five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the site notice. 4C2: Bidders will be require…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Jun 2025, 11:46 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2026, 08:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Jul 2025 – …
- Authority reference
NCA/26/031- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072982- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052c3cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:839023)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
4 Jul 2025 → 3 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Submission deadline4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published80 days ago3 Aug 2026, 08:58 BST
Notice history
1 event · 5 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Sept 2025, 13:07 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 19 Sept 2025
- 2025-06: 1 release · 4 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupSME | £427,228 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupSME | £547,731 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| DirectFlightSME | £387,061 † | — | Awarded |
| Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupSME | £587,897 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Aircraft Brokerage Services · Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupSME
- Signed
- 13 Jul 2026
- Value
- £587,897
- Period
- 1 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Contract extended for one month for an additional 40,166.67 GBP., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Contract modification under Regulation 6.1.b.ii of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 as competition is absent for technical reasons. Sale of aircraft has been delayed due to equipment permission being sought from foreign government who supplied equipment.
Provision of Aircraft Brokerage Services · Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupSME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £547,731
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Contract extended for one month for an additional 40,166.67 GBP with option for further contract modifications if necessary., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Contract modification under Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 as sale of aircraft taking longer than was anticipated requiring the authority to extend existing contract to keep aircraft airworthy and to conclude sale of aircraft.
Provision of Aircraft Brokerage Services · Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupSME
- Signed
- 3 Mar 2026
- Value
- £427,228
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Contract extended for one month for an additional 40,166.67 GBP., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Contract modification under Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 as sale of aircraft taking longer than was anticipated requiring the authority to extend existing contract to keep aircraft airworthy and to conclude sale of aircraft.
Contract 058122-2025-CASE/693111-1 · DirectFlightSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2025
- Value
- £387,061
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- DirectFlightAwarded supplier
- Directflight Limited t/as Airtask GroupAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.