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title: "Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the South West USA"
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# Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the South West USA

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-parachute-packing-and-maintenance-in-the-south-west-usa-ocds-h6vhtk-035fd3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Provision of Parachute Packing and Maintenance in the South West USA". Published status: active. Published Value: US$30,000,000. Lot information not published. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Sept 2022, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Published Value:** US$30,000,000 (USD)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 September 2022 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Maintenance and repair services, Military defence services, Parachutes
- **Delivery Location:** US
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035fd3`

## 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/provision-of-parachute-packing-and-maintenance-in-the-south-west-usa-ocds-h6vhtk-035fd3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2Fesop%2Fguest%2Fgo%2Fopportunity%2Fdetail%3FopportunityId%3D52781)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-parachute-packing-and-maintenance-in-the-south-west-usa-ocds-h6vhtk-035fd3#participate

## Description
The UK MOD has a requirement to support multiple parachute training exercises in South West USA over a 5 year period.
The requirement includes (but is not limited to) main parachute and reserve repacking, maintenance, repairs, inventory management, storage and transportation to and from drop zones. The Authority intends to place the contract, starting from 1 April 23 with a view to standing up the new service from 1 Jun 23. The service needs to support circa 17,000 parachute jumps per year in South West USA.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025774-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-14T11:15:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:26:56.536Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035fd3