Official UK procurement notice
Security Quality Assurance Testing and Training
Authority: Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHighlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) requires a Department for Transport (DfT) approved Service Provider to deliver security quality assurance testing and simulated X-ray training across our airports. All services must comply with EC300/2008 and relevant UK Civil Aviation Purchaser (CAA) standards.
CPV: Airport operation services · Test and evaluation of security equipment · Training and simulation in security equipment · Training services in defence and security materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1HIAL requires a qualified and DfT approved Service Provider to deliver security…Awarded
HIAL requires a qualified and DfT approved Service Provider to deliver security quality assurance testing and simulated X-ray training across eight airports in the Highlands and Islands region, and Dundee Airport. All services must comply with EC300/2008 and relevant UK Civil Aviation Purchaser (CAA) standards.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Sept 2025, 15:27 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Dec 2025, 11:41 GMT
- Authority reference
HIA-1889- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-086110- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a371Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The reason for a non-competitive award due to technical reasons is that confirmation was received in December 2024 from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) at the Airports UK Security Meeting, that there is only one DfT approved supplier in the UK that provides a combined QA testing and training package – Redline Assured Security. The HIAL Procurement Team investigated and were able to confirm that Redline Assured Security are the only local supplier that could be found via online searches who provide quality assurance testing services and are also named on the CAA list of approved training providers.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:814737)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redline Assured SecuritySME | £266,140 † | — | Awarded |
| Redline Assured SecuritySME | £266,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 060248-2025-HIA-1889-1 · Redline Assured SecuritySME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2025
- Value
- £266,140
- Status
- active
Contract 086110-2025-1 · Redline Assured SecuritySME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2025
- Value
- £266,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Justice CentreReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Redline Assured SecurityAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.