Official UK procurement notice
UK3 715851479 - British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe MEDEVAC capability is defined as a platform fitted for role that can move patients with concurrent support from a clinician from Point of Injury (POI) to Point of Treatment (POT). The Authority will provide a clinician for the aviation MEDEVAC and then conduct a handover/takeover of the patient at the nearest POT landing site to the Contractor provided clinician for the ground MEDEVAC transfer. This is in order to develop and maintain timely hospital transfers of exercising troops, BATUK staff and their dependents. This requirement is enduring whilst permanent staff and dependents are based in BATUK irrespective of training taking place.
The requirement is made up of two rotary wing platforms, one covering the Nanyuki area 24/7/365 and the other covering areas for the duration of the exercise 24/7 either in Archers Post Training Areas or Nanyuki dependent on where it is taking place. The service includes ground ambulance transfer complete with trained medical clinicians upon meeting the rotary wing platform in Nairobi or the transfer of patients from Kifaru Barracks in Nairobi to the approved treatment facility. Additionally, the service will respond to any road traffic incidents and transfer casualties from hospital to the designated airport for flight back to the UK if required.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible Procedure designed as a two-stage tender process. Stage 1 – Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender (ITT)
CPV: Ambulance services · Helicopters · Piloted aircraft · Search and rescue helicopters · Support helicopters
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£110,775,862
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The PSQ will be evaluated in two stages:
a. Stage 1 (PASS / FAIL Evaluation) – Qualification Envelope. The Qualification Envelope contains PASS / FAIL questions which must be achieve a PASS by the Potential Provider in order to progress to the Stage 2 (except where the Authority has discretion not to fail the Potential Provider).
b. Stage 2 (SCORED and PASS / FAIL Evaluation) – Technical Envelope. Those Potential Providers who are successful in the Stage 1 evaluation will then be taken forward into the Stage 2 evaluation where their capability will be assessed using a series of PASS/FAIL and weighted questions which include a scoring regime across a range of weighted criteria. The weighted questions and criteria have been weighted to reflect the relevant importance of the question and criteria to the assessment of the capability of the Potential Provider.
No more than five Potential Providers will be taken forward from this PSQ to participate in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The stage 2 evaluation scores and weightings are detailed within the PSQ Assessment Methodology Document. An individual weighted score is calculated for each question by multiplying the question weighting by the appropriate score allocated to the Potential Provider for that question. A total weighted score is then calculated by adding together the entire individual question weighted scores for the Potential Provider.
The Potential Provider’s response to each question shall be evaluated in accordance with the Potential Provider selection criteria detailed in the PSQ Assessment Methodology Document.
All questions must be answered without reference to general marketing or promotional material.
No more than five Potential Providers will be taken forward from this PSQ to participate in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The exercise will be conducted in the English language. If any of the required information (e.g. text in financial accounts) is not available in English, please supply a copy of the original document and an English translation of that information.
A maximum of five Potential Providers will be shortlisted from this PSQ stage to proceed to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Only Potential Providers who:
a. Achieve a ‘pass’ rating on all pass/fail questions, and
b. Meet or exceed the minimum required standards for economic and financial standing, as well as technical or professional ability, as set out in the Authority’s pre-qualification criteria;
will be invited to submit a tender.
If more than five Potential Providers satisfy the above criteria, only the top five Potential Providers with the highest overall evaluation scores will progress to the ITT.
The Authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to obtain independent financial and market advice to verify the accuracy of information provided by Potential Providers or to assist in any aspect of the pre-qualification evaluation.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The PSQ will be evaluated in two stages:
a. Stage 1 (PASS / FAIL Evaluation) – Qualification Envelope. The Qualification Envelope contains PASS / FAIL questions which must be achieve a PASS by the Potential Provider in order to progress to the Stage 2 (except where the Authority has discretion not to fail the Potential Provider).
b. Stage 2 (SCORED and PASS / FAIL Evaluation) – Technical Envelope. Those Potential Providers who are successful in the Stage 1 evaluation will then be taken forward into the Stage 2 evaluation where their capability will be assessed using a series of PASS/FAIL and weighted questions which include a scoring regime across a range of weighted criteria. The weighted questions and criteria have been weighted to reflect the relevant importance of the question and criteria to the assessment of the capability of the Potential Provider.
No more than five Potential Providers will be taken forward from this PSQ to participate in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The stage 2 evaluation scores and weightings are detailed within the PSQ Assessment Methodology Document. An individual weighted score is calculated for each question by multiplying the question weighting by the appropriate score allocated to the Potential Provider for that question. A total weighted score is then calculated by adding together the entire individual question weighted scores for the Potential Provider.
The Potential Provider’s response to each question shall be evaluated in accordance …
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Ministry of Defence buys Helicopters, aeroplanes, spacecraft and other powered aircraft (CPV 3471): the notice lists a non-UK location
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Lot #1Published estimate£111m
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About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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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
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2025, 13:41 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2026, 11:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Oct 2027
- Authority reference
715851479- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066043- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d27cFind a Tender
- How it runs
Competitive Flexible Procedure designed as a two-stage tender process.
Stage 1 – Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender (ITT)
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Oct 2025 → 1 Nov 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published362 days ago23 Oct 2025, 13:41 BST
- Market engagement262 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Update 07/01/2026
Request for Information (RFI) Details
Interested suppliers are invited to provide a response to the Request for Information (RFI) in the link provided: contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗
Clarification questions can be submitted to [email protected] until 23:59 (GMT) on 20 January 2026.
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The Authority is conducting Preliminary Market engagement (PME) to gather information, ascertain the level of interest, gain insight into risks and issues not previously identified, develop the Statement of Requirement (SOR) and inform the commercial and procurement strategies for the provision of British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) MEDEVAC and Aviation Support. The services are to be provided in Kenya.
Interested suppliers are invited to participate in the following activities:
- Industry briefing day with potential tenderers (06 January 2026).
- Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire (07 January 2026 – 30 January 2026).
How to participate:
Industry briefing day
- Time/date: 11:00-12:00 (GMT) on 06 January 2026.
- Location: Microsoft Teams (meeting link will be sent to participants prior to the event).
- Registration: Potential bidders interested in participating must notify the MOD point of contact, Laura Chapman, at [email protected] by 12:00hrs (GMT) on 02 January 2026. Please include your company name, the names, positions and email addresses of attendees.
- Presentation Materials: Slides will be uploaded to the Defence Sourcing Portal after the event.
Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire
- Release Date: 07 January 2026.
- Location: The RFI questionnaire can be found at this link: contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗
- Submission deadline: Responses must be submitted to: [email protected] by 23.59 (GMT) on 30 January 2026.
Clarification questions can be submitted via the Defence Sourcing Portal until 23:59 (GMT) on 20 January 2026. The final date for the Authority to respond to clarification questions is 23:59 (GMT) 23 January 2026.
Please email your completed RFI response to [email protected] by 23:59 (GMT) 30 January 2026.
Suppliers shall note that this PME is not a call for competition but is being conducted to gauge interest and explore options. The Authority welcomes the opportunity to engage with Suppliers and appreciates your input. However, Suppliers shall note that the Authority must comply with its legal obligations in any subsequent procurement exercise and ensure a level playing field for all participants. No commercial advantage will be gained from participating in this PME exercise.
The Authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion, not to proceed with any or all of the requirements outlined in this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise.
All information about this PME can be found within the Defence Sourcing Portal (www.contracts.mod.uk ↗) under reference 715639479. Suppliers who are not currently registered will be required to do so.
Please be aware that the price detailed is GBP however Kenyan VAT at 16% has been applied to the including VAT amount.
- Latest notice published98 days ago14 Jul 2026, 11:11 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 14 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 42 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 361 days15 Oct 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 377 days1 Nov 2027
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Oct 2025- Pipeline notice published23 Oct 2025, 13:41 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Nov 2025, 15:56 GMTUK2
- Published value updated to £130,172,41426 Nov 2025, 15:56 GMTwas £116,666,667
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Dec 2025, 09:47 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Jan 2026, 16:43 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published14 Jul 2026, 11:11 BSTUK3
- Published value updated to £110,775,86214 Jul 2026, 11:11 BSTwas £130,172,414
- Procurement method changed14 Jul 2026, 11:11 BST
Published amendments (2)
The changes to the notice are: 1. Title. Removal of "Emergency Response" from the title . 2. Procurement description. Removal of reference to "Emergency Response" from the title and description and reduction of requirements from three to two. 3. CPV codes. Removal of 63730000 - Support services for air transport and 85143000 - Ambulance services. Addition of 35612300 - Support helicopters and 347…
The changes to the notice are: 1. Title. Removal of "Emergency Response" from the title . 2. Procurement description. Removal of reference to "Emergency Response" from the title and description and reduction of requirements from three to two. 3. CPV codes. Removal of 63730000 - Support services for air transport and 85143000 - Ambulance services. Addition of 35612300 - Support helicopters and 347…
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 26 Nov 2025
- 2025-10: 1 release · 23 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender