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UK3 715874471 - British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) Safe Operating Environment (SOE)

Aerial forest-firefighting services
Helicopters
Piloted aircraft
+1 more
KE
Published value
£20,258,620
Submission deadline 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ministry of Defence: "UK3 715874471 - British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) Safe Operating Environment (SOE)". Published status: planned. Published value: £20,258,620. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of DefenceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
84d 18h left
30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£20,258,620
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Ministry of Defence
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Ministry of Defence. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
1.9%Historical Average
Based on 9 comparable awards
Competition Density
2Bids / Report
66.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
British Telecommunications PLCTop vendor: 52% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 245 active published awards; 24 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
British Telecommunications PLC1 win£83,200,000
Rowden Technologies Ltd1 win£20,703,891
Janes Group UK Limited1 win£17,500,000
kpmg LLP1 win£8,100,000
THE COLLEGES' PARTNERSHIP LIMITED1 win£7,238,140
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMinistry of Defence
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
Last source update11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAerial forest-firefighting services, Helicopters, Piloted aircraft, Support helicopters
Delivery area
KE
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e180
What is being bought
Links to the previous notices: UK1 Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067825-2025? UK2 Notice original: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077395-2025? UK2 Notice updated: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001224-2026 Due to a technical issue affecting notice linking, the related previous notices cannot be electronically linked to this notice. The relevant notices have therefore been referenced above for transparency and ease of access. Procurement description: (1) The Safe Operating Environment (SOE), provides a capability available during daylight hours, at the Authority’s priority, to conduct: (a) Range Clearance: Planned capability available at a prearranged time and date outlined during regular liaison in order to assess training (trg) facilities and Training Area (TA) infrastructure for safety, intercept TA incursions, assist with natural disasters, and, or respond to emergency situations that may lead to a loss of life, trg or impact the Authority’s reputation. If necessary, the Authority will deploy a team to conduct ground command and control; RC platform may be re-tasked to assist. Additionally, a reactive, capability available during daylight hours when the Contractor is forward based, covering the Authority’s exercises. (b) Aerial Fire Fighting (AFF): A capability, available during daylight hours, tasked at the Authority’s priority providing fire suppression or wetting from the air, of a general area to ensure a SPTT. (c) General Aviation Support (GAS): Capability available through pre-arranged liaison and in accordance with the response state. This could include pax transfer, aviation recces, command and control platform, search, VIP movement and logistic/movement of materiel within the BATUK area of responsibility. (d) The detailed aviation Safe Operating Environment.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £20,258,620
    11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published value£20,258,620
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
  2. Procedure published
    11 Aug 2026, 14:41 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
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  • Ministry of Defence
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
    Army Commercial | 2nd Floor | Blenheim Building | Army Headquarters | Marlborough Lines | Monxton Road, Andover, UKJ36, SP11 8HT, GB
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published