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Ministry of Defence, Air Support, C17 Command Support and Airborne Equipment Project Team (CSAE PT)

Parachute Equipment Support Contract

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39523000
Value£40.0m
Deadline5 Feb 2016
Published23 Jan 2016
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 23 Jan 2016ClosedCloses 5 Feb 2016
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£40.0mtotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£43.2m

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The brief

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to ensuring the ongoing safety and airworthiness of a suite of parachutes and associated equipment on a ‘first time, every time’ basis.

MOD has a requirement to support parachuting via a range of maintenance and logistics services, including but not limited to the configuration management, maintenance, repair, inventory management, storage, modification, packing and checking of a range of parachutes and parachuting equipment.

This requirement is for circa 60,000 repairs, packing instances, checks, etc. of Airborne Forces Equipment (to support personnel parachuting) and Airborne Delivery Equipment (to support stores drops) in total per annum.

This is flexible, as is the range of parachutes supported.

Other services such as support to exercises at Main and Forward Operating bases may also be required.

It is anticipated that the solution will run from April 2017 to 2023.

MOD C17CSAE Project Team intend to invite to tender only those parties who are accredited to or capable of being accredited to BS EN ISO 9001 and Military Aviation Authority MAOS (Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme) standards.

Key requirements

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01

MOD has a requirement to support parachuting

MOD has a requirement to support parachuting via a range of maintenance and logistics services, including but not limited to the configuration management, maintenance, repair, inventory management, storage, modification, packing and checking of a range of parachutes and parachuting equipment.

02

This requirement is for circa 60,000 repairs

This requirement is for circa 60,000 repairs, packing instances, checks, etc. of Airborne Forces Equipment (to support personnel parachuting) and Airborne Delivery Equipment (to support stores drops) in total per annum.

03

Other services such as support to exercises

Other services such as support to exercises at Main and Forward Operating bases may also be required.

04

MOD C17CSAE Project Team intend to invite

MOD C17CSAE Project Team intend to invite to tender only those parties who are accredited to or capable of being accredited to BS EN ISO 9001 and Military Aviation Authority MAOS (Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme) standards.

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