Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Salvaged Aircraft Hulls and Facilities
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate £650,000≈ £217k / year · £780,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 18 Aug 2025
Next notice expected 5 May 2025
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 25 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStrategic Command, as part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), require a service that provides and installs salvaged aircraft hulls at a secure facility that is provided by the Contractor. The facility must be suitable for hosting MoD-led real life airplane tactical entry training sessions. These sessions are foreseen to be needed once or twice every six months. Please see the ITT pack for further details.
This procurement is being tendered with Defence being applied as the special regime. This contract qualifies as a Defence contract in accordance with section 7 (g) of the Procurement Act 2023.
- How the procedure runs: Please see Annex B to DEFFORM 47 of the ITT pack.
CPV: Aeroplanes · Training facilities
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1AwardedRenewalPublished value£650,000
- Value
- £650,000 exc. VAT · £780,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
All services that are anticipated to be delivered through this Contract will be via a Tasking Order Form Process. Any services rendered by the Contractor will incur expenditure against a limit of liability. There is no guaranteed volume of services to be provided by the Contractor through this Contract. Please see the ITT pack for further details. · The Contract is anticipated to be let on a 3+1+1 basis, meaning more…
that two additional Contract years may be invoked at the sole discretion of the Authority.
34711100 Aeroplanes80520000 Training facilities
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add moreHow bids were scored
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Authority reference
714583451- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0503c5Find a Tender
- How it runs
- Please see Annex B to DEFFORM 47 of the ITT pack.
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
- Submission deadline
- 18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please find details of the opportunity and the submission details by following this link:
contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗
Timeline
9 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published16 Apr 2025, 10:58 BST
- Market engagement30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to identify the number of suppliers that may be able to deliver the requirement identified. In order to facilitate this, please could suppliers provide answers to the following questions: • Do you have prior experience delivering a similar more…
requirement? And if so, could you provide detail of your experience (e.g., goods/services delivered, customer, value, duration)? • One aspect of the requirement is to provide airport fire and rescue service within 30 minutes, is this feasible? Please submit your answers to the email address stated in this notice, using 'Provision of a Service to enable Specialist Aircraft Training PME' as the email subject. Note: This notice does not signal the beginning of a procurement, nor a guarantee that any procurement activity will commence. Potential suppliers that act on any information received through this pre-market engagement do so entirely at their own risk. - Next notice expected5 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published22 Jul 2025, 12:32 BST
- Clarification questions by8 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline399 days ago18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by371 days ago15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts362 days ago25 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published353 days ago3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 3 Oct 2025 | Cancelled |
Notice history
11 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Apr 2025- Procurement termination notice published3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BSTUK12
- Published value updated3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BSTwas £650,000
- Status changed to complete3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
- Procurement method changed3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
- Deadline withdrawn3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
- Buyer details updated3 Oct 2025, 14:20 BST
- Tender notice published22 Jul 2025, 12:32 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active22 Jul 2025, 12:32 BST
- Procurement method changed22 Jul 2025, 12:32 BST
- Deadline published: 18 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST22 Jul 2025, 12:32 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Apr 2025, 10:58 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender