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# UK Search and Rescue 2nd Generation (UKSAR2G)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-search-and-rescue-2nd-generation-uksar2g-ocds-h6vhtk-0299a0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Maritime and Coastguard Agency: "UK Search and Rescue 2nd Generation (UKSAR2G)". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Apr 2021, 18:00 BST. Published submission portal: dft.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Maritime and Coastguard Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-gov-ea78)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 April 2021 at 18:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Aerial and related services, Aerial photography services, Air-rescue services, Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft, Hire of aircraft with crew (+8 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-search-and-rescue-2nd-generation-uksar2g-ocds-h6vhtk-0299a0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0299a0`

## 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/uk-search-and-rescue-2nd-generation-uksar2g-ocds-h6vhtk-0299a0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dft.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdft.app.jaggaer.com%2Fgo%2F61063582017716608B77)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-search-and-rescue-2nd-generation-uksar2g-ocds-h6vhtk-0299a0#participate

## Description
The 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:
1. moves away from the existing 'one-size-fits-all' approach, with market-led asset data;
2. recognises the collaborative nature of SAR and how it is utilised by other government agencies;
3. encourages maximum competition to drive value and innovation, for example use of unmanned (drone) assets during the lifetime of the contract; and
4. continues to provide a service that rescues thousands of people every year.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Fast, urgent, short-range search, rescue and response services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34710000, 35112000, 35611600, 35612500, 35613000, 60424120
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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.
B...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: High endurance, long-range search, rescue and response services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34710000, 35112000, 35611600, 35612500, 35613000, 60424120
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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.
B...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Fixed wing and/or unmanned air vehicle (UAV) rapid search only, surveillance and pollution response services
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34710000, 35112000, 35611600, 35613000, 60424100, 60440000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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.
B...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Aerial search, rescue and surveillance services
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34710000, 35112000, 35611600, 35612500, 60424100, 60424120
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 4 will include all services included in Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3.

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004655-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-08T22:56:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T20:08:55.638Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0299a0