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Provision of New Medium Helicopter and Support Contract

Buyer: Ministry of Defence →

BuyerMinistry of Defence
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published10 Apr 2026

What is being bought

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a Contract for a period of 91 months commencing from 23 March 2026, for the procurement of 23 New Medium Helicopters (NMH) to replace existing rotorcraft systems for Army and Strategic Commands.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft 34710000Helicopters and aeroplanes 34711000Flight simulators 34741400Combat helicopters 35612100Military transport helicopters 35612400Repair and maintenance services of helicopters 50212000Helicopters 34711500

Lot details

Lot 1

The scope of the Contract includes the provision of training capabilities and a maintenance/spares package as well as design organisation scope. The high-level requirement for the Contract consists of: i. 23 platforms. ii. Design Organisation integration services for Government Furnished Assets (GFA) and Mission Role Equipment (MRE). iii. 2 x aircrew and rear crew Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTD) at the UK Main Operating Base (MOB). iv. Training courses for Qualified Helicopter Instructors (QHIs), aircrew and groundcrew maintainers. v. Courseware material for enduring aircrew and maintainer training. vi. Initial In-Service Support Package, which includes: • Initial Provisioning Spares. • Deployed Support Packages (DSPs). • Ground Support Equipment and Specialist Tooling. • Technical Publications and Aircrew Publications. • Logistics (Spares) Management. • Forward and Depth Maintenance. • Design Organisation (DO) modifications and technical support. NMH will provide a common medium lift multi-role helicopter, fitted for, but not with, specialist Mission Role Equipment (MRE) and will be able to operate in all environments in support of defence tasks. Additional information: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Pricing Workbook - Affordability — Pass/Fail
Air System, System Requirements Document (SRD): Mandatory Requirements - Air System Delivery Compliance Matrix — Pass/Fail
Air System, System Requirements Document (SRD): Non-Discretionary Key System Requirements - Air System SRD Compliance Matrix — Pass/Fail
Quality Management System - Tenderer Declaration Form — Pass/Fail
Products Systems and Services (PSS) Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience (PCSR) Assurance for a High Cyber Risk Profile — Pass/Fail
Simulators System Requirements Document (SRD): Mandatory and Key System Requirements - Simulators SRD Compliance Matrix — Pass/Fail
Time and Delivery Confidence — 8%
Technical — 40%
Support — 17%
Commercial — 10
Social Value — 10
UK Industrial Contribution — 15

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft, Helicopters and aeroplanes, Flight simulators, Combat helicopters, Military transport helicopters, Repair and maintenance services of helicoptersNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft (34710000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 343,3723 median · 23.4 average (1,287 of 3,372 with a bid count)3.6 average (1,437 of 3,372 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7194 median · 74.1 average (228 of 719 with a bid count)6.4 average (265 of 719 with named award suppliers)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 regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Provision of New Medium Helicopter Procurement (NMH) and Support Contract

Statusactive

Contracts

Provision of New Medium Helicopter Procurement (NMH) and Support Contract

Statusactive
Value£989,469,800

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-033ae8
Latest release ID032735-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 10 2026 10:25:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Apr 2026award, contract032735-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
10 Apr 2026 · 032735-2026 · award, contract
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