Provision of Police Aviation Services including a Fleet Replacement Programme

CPV: Aerial and related services · Air transport services · Aircraft-operation services · Helicopters · Hire of aircraft with crew

Places

up to 2 suppliers · 1 bids received (0.5 per place) · 1 appointed

Procedure method

Competitive procedure with negotiation

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

Framework agreement

Who may use this agreement

Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

No (one-off requirement)

First published

23 Jun 2021, 18:06 BST

Last source update

3 Jul 2026, 11:27 BST

Authority reference

BLCAviation003

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-062687

Classification (CPV)

Aerial and related servicesAir transport servicesAircraft-operation servicesHelicoptersHire of aircraft with crew

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-02bf85 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Any contract values stated within this notice are estimates only, and should not be construed as any commitment by WYCA to spend such sums. The Framework Agreement is open for use by Police Forces and Special Police Forces in the United Kingdom, and/or Police and Crime Commissioners (as defined by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011) and/or the Police Authorities (as defined in the Police Act 1964, Police Act 1996, Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Police and Justice Act 2006, Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006), and other relevant legislation for the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, for their respective rights and interests (or such other successor body, company, organisation who shall acquire the responsibility of any of the bodies listed here). For a full list go to: https://www.police.uk/forces Scottish Police information at: http://www.scotland.police.uk/ Police Service of Northern Ireland information at: http://www.psni.police.uk/ Police Forces of British Overseas Territories, British Sovereign Base Areas and British Crown Dependencies including but not limited to: Gibraltar information at: https://www.police.gi Cyprus information at: https://www.sbaadministration.org/ Channel Islands information at: https://jersey.police.uk https://guernsey.police.uk Isle of Man information at: https://www.iompolice.im 7 submissions were received for Lot 1 at the Standard Selection Questionnaire stage. As per corrigendum 2024/S 000-020175 published on 2nd July 2024 - The tender documentation associated with notice reference: 2022/S 000-002330 stated that the Contracting Authority (as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015) was West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2DE. This has changed, for the Framework Agreement only, to BlueLight Commercial 12517649 Lower Ground, 5-8 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JS with effect from 13th September 2023. As per corrigendum 2024/S 000-024601 published on 6th August 2024 - The tender documentation associated with notice reference: 2022/S 000-002330 stated that any leases for the aircraft would be held by the bidders. This model has been changed so that participating contracting authorities (authorised to access the framework agreement(s)) will be the entity entering into the lease agreements with third party finance providers. BlueLight Commercial Limited (being the current contracting authority of the Procurement, having replaced West Yorkshire Combined Authority as the Authority) took the decision to abandon Lot 2 and Lot 3 of this Procurement. The Authority decided that, in light of the quantum of the initial bids and the indication from tenderers given during subsequent commercial workshops, that these initial bids would likely only increase at final tender stage, it would not represent value for money to the public purse, for it to proceed with Lot 2 and Lot 3 of the Procurement. Bidders were notified of this abandonment on 5th July 2024.

Appointment period ends

28 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

• Airbus Helicopters UK LimitedFramework contractorGB918394689 Oxford Airport, Kidlington, UK, OX5 1QZ
• Airbus Helicopters UK LtdFramework contractorGB-COH: 01164090 Oxford Airport, Kidlington, UK, OX5 1QZ

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