Official UK procurement notice
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement · UNILODE AVIATION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED for Defence Equipment and Support (Dec 2025)
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support
Re-procurement planned715855513 - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of x60 New, ready to use Airbus A330-299 compatible LD6 /ALF Unit Load Devices (ULDs) by 15 Jun 26. Through life maintenabce to ULD devices owned by the authority.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Aircraft equipment · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft and other equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£236,000
- Economic & financial standing
PROVIDE 3 YEAR OF FINACIAL INFORMATION AND CONTRACTORS LIABILITY INSURANCE WILL BE REQUIRED UPON AWARD OF CONTRACT
- Technical & professional ability
IDO 9001 & FOLLOWING OF IATA REGULATIONS
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT: 60%
- PRICE: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT: THE SUPPLIER WILL BE WEIGHTED WITH THE TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE OF UP TO 60% OF THEIR BID
- PRICE: THE SUPPLIER WILL BE WEIGHTED WITH THE PRICE OF THEIR BID AT 40%
- Economic & financial standing
PROVIDE 3 YEAR OF FINACIAL INFORMATION AND CONTRACTORS LIABILITY INSURANCE WILL BE REQUIRED UPON AWARD OF CONTRACT
- Technical & professional ability
IDO 9001 & FOLLOWING OF IATA REGULATIONS
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 27 Feb 2026
- First published
- 8 Dec 2025, 13:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Mar 2026, 18:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
715721470- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005545- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f0c8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Dec 2025 → 19 Mar 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published320 days ago8 Dec 2025, 13:26 GMT
- Market engagement279 days ago18 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
For the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PME) the Authority would like to understand the following to deterine if it is able to run a Tender for this requirement.
Please consider answering the following questions:
- If the Authority was to award a Contract in early March, are you able to provide up to x60 new ready to use Airbus A330-200 compatible LD6 / ALF Unit Load devices (ULDs by 15 Jun 26) for the Authority's purhcase.
- Are you able to repair and provide throughlife maintenance for the aboce purchased ULDs?
- Are you able to provide repairs and maintainance for ULDs that you do not own or were not purchased from you?
- Are you intrested in attending an Industry day on 13 January 2026 to view ULD devices that need repairs to suppor the Tender process. Details below:
The Authority intends to hold an industry day on 13 January 2026 at RAF Brize Norton, for the viewing of the current Unit Load Devices that require repairing. This industry day will inform part of your Tender proposal and provide you with the data to draft your proposal for the repair component of the Tender.
if you would like to attend please provide the following details.
Name of Attendees(Max 2 per company):
Company Name:
Nationaility:
If you have security Clearance:
Please note the Authority reserves the right to refuse attendance to any individual, company, or parties, change or cancel the industry day at any point. Any dates provided for industry day, Tender and Contract Award are indicative only and subject to change or withdrawal at any stage of the process.
The Authority will bore no costs for the booking of any travel, hotel arrangements or catering for this industry day, or the possibility of claiming back the costs if the date gets rearranged or cancelled. Please let us know in advance if there are any accessibility needs, and we will do our best to accommodate but may not be able to do so as the location is a working RAF Base.
- Next notice expected278 days ago19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published276 days ago21 Jan 2026, 19:25 GMT
- Clarification questions by260 days ago6 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission deadline250 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by239 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent234 days ago5 Mar 2026
- Latest notice published233 days ago5 Mar 2026, 18:10 GMT
- Standstill ends222 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts220 days ago19 Mar 2026
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Dec 2025, 13:26 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Dec 2025, 15:02 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Jan 2026, 19:25 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active21 Jan 2026, 19:25 GMT
- Procurement method changed21 Jan 2026, 19:25 GMT
- Deadline published: 16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT21 Jan 2026, 19:25 GMT
- Contract award notice published5 Mar 2026, 18:10 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Mar 2026, 18:10 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Adding title
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 8 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNILODE AVIATION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDSupply and Repair of Unit Load Devices for the Voyager Delivery Team17 Mar 2026 – 15 Mar 2029Options: The Contract has the possibilty of x2 1+1 Option years that may be taken up under this contract for Maintainence of the Unit Load Devices | £235,000 | 5 Mar 2026standstill to 16 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UNILODE AVIATION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender