Official UK procurement notice
UK Search and Rescue 2nd Generation (UKSAR2G)
Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Second-Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) programme will procure a successor service to both the UK Search and Rescue - Helicopters (UKSARH) and Aerial Surveillance and Verification (ASV) contracts when they expire between 2024 and 2026.
These contracts provide Her Majesty's Coastguard with helicopter assets and operations to comply with international Search and Rescue (SAR) obligations, rescuing people in distress around the UK coast, and fixed-wing assets and operations to monitor polluting, illegal or anti-competitive activity. MCA has developed proposals for a successor service which:
- moves away from the existing 'one-size-fits-all' approach, with market-led asset data;
- recognises the collaborative nature of SAR and how it is utilised by other government agencies;
- encourages maximum competition to drive value and innovation, for example use of unmanned (drone) assets during the lifetime of the contract; and
- continues to provide a service that rescues thousands of people every year.
CPV: Aerial and related services · Aerial photography services · Air-rescue services · Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft · Hire of aircraft with crew · Hire of helicopters with crew · Maritime patrol aircrafts · Pollutants tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation services · Pollution investigation services · Rescue and emergency equipment · Search and rescue helicopters · Services related to water pollution · +1 more
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · win at most 3 of themLot #1Fast, urgent, short-range search, rescue and response servicePlanned
The MCA's SAR capability is coordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) which uses available personnel, facilities and information to locate persons in distress for which it will coordinate the rescue to retrieve such persons.
Bidders for Lot 1 will be required to provide a service which responds to tasks from the ARCC on short notice and carry out fast, urgent, short-range rescue operations to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their immediate medical needs or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety. This contract would respond to the majority of tasks undertaken by the current UKSARH contract and is of use to other parts of government/HEMS aviation services.
Lot #2High endurance, long-range search, rescue and response servicesPlanned
The MCA's SAR capability is coordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) which uses available personnel, facilities and information to locate persons in distress for which it will coordinate the rescue to retrieve such persons.
Bidders for Lot 2 will be required to provide a service which accepts tasks from the ARCC which require a high endurance, long range aircraft to execute the required rescue operations to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their immediate medical needs or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety. This lot 2 is for less frequent tasks requiring the ability to respond to mass casualty and civil contingency events or events involving international coordination
Lot #3Fixed wing and/or unmanned air vehicle (UAV) rapid search only, surveillance and pollution response servicesPlanned
The MCA's SAR capability is coordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) which uses available personnel, facilities and information to locate persons in distress for which it will coordinate the rescue to retrieve such persons.
Bidders for Lot 3 will be required to provide a service which accepts tasks from the ARCC which require search services only or a surveillance and/or pollution response. Lot 3 will identify risky, polluting, dangerous, illegal or anti-competitive activity and verify to the appropriate authority.
Lot #4Aerial search, rescue and surveillance servicesPlanned
Lot 4 will include all services included in Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jan 2021, 15:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2021, 15:18 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001168- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Publisher note: Further information on the programme is available on www.gov.uk/MCA/UKSAR2G
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Jan 2021 → 25 Jan 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published20 Jan 2021, 15:18 GMT
- Tender notice expected25 Jan 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.