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Ministry of Defence, C&C

GB-Salisbury: ACT/4647 Provision of Air Experience Flights at MOD Boscombe Down

EducationCPV 80000000 80400000 80410000
Value£113k
Awarded27 Feb 2019
Published16 Jan 2019
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£113ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Education & Training band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Flying-school services.

The Royal Air Force Handling Squadron Boscombe Down is now looking to commission specialist air experience flights (AEF) to maintain the airmanship skills and air-mindedness of squadron personnel, thereby contributing directly to Handling Squadron's mission of providing advice to service aircrew on aircraft handling and emergency procedures in order to improve operational flight safety and effectiveness.

The contract is to run for three years, with options for a further two years.

Delivery should comprise of the following elements and the successful tender would need to satisfy the following criteria: The supplier must be a Civil Aviation Authority Approved Training Organization (ATO).

The supplier will be required to provide air experience in a safe and proven light training aircraft consisting of, up to 22 hours dual instruction, up to 45 hours solo hire of aircraft to be flown by appropriately licensed Handling Squadron personnel.

The ATO is to provide a fully licensed flying instructor to Private Pilots License training standard and in accordance with all operating procedures for the particular aircraft type in addition to specific requirements of Handling Squadron.

The AEF must be conducted from a suitable Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) / European Aviation Safely Agency (EASA) licensed airfield within 30-45 minutes travelling time from MOD Boscombe Down.

The airfield is to have appropriate flight planning, briefing and domestic facilities.

The Cyber Essentials DCPP (Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) internet based Cyber Security Model Risk Assessment has been completed by the RAF User (the Customer), thus the Cyber Risk of this requirement is classified as very low.

If your company is subsequently invited to tender then your tender must include the completion of the 'Supplier Assurance Questionnaire' via the internet based DCPP Cyber Security Model online link:- https://suppliercyberprotection.service.xgov.uk/.

This is to demonstrate a supplier's compliance with the required cyber risk level.

More information will be published with regards to this process, the evaluation criteria and how to access the information/website once the tender documentation is live.

OFF PAYROLL (MANPOWER BASED) CONTRACTS - MANDATORY TAX ARRANGEMENTS OF PUBLIC APPOINTEES 1.

The Off Payroll Rules (Intermediaries Legislation - IR35) for working in the Public Sector are in place to ensure that where a worker would have been an employee if they were providing their services directly, they are broadly paying the same tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) as an employee.

2.

The Authority has decided that the provision of this service is out of scope of this legislation, for this particular requirement.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Delivery should comprise of the following elements

Delivery should comprise of the following elements and the successful tender would need to satisfy the following criteria:.

02

The supplier must be a Civil Aviation

The supplier must be a Civil Aviation Authority Approved Training Organization (ATO).

03

The supplier will be required to provide

The supplier will be required to provide air experience in a safe and proven light training aircraft consisting of, up to 22 hours dual instruction, up to 45 hours solo hire of aircraft to be flown by appropriately licensed Handling Squadron personnel.

04

The ATO is to provide a fully

The ATO is to provide a fully licensed flying instructor to Private Pilots License training standard and in accordance with all operating procedures for the particular aircraft type in addition to specific requirements of Handling Squadron.

05

The AEF must be conducted from

The AEF must be conducted from a suitable Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) / European Aviation Safely Agency (EASA) licensed airfield within 30-45 minutes travelling time from MOD Boscombe Down.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 2 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)says mustRegulator registrations
The supplier must be a Civil Aviation Authority Approved Training Organization (ATO).
Cyber EssentialsCertification & assessment schemes
The Cyber Essentials DCPP (Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) internet based Cyber Security Model Risk Assessment has been completed by the RAF User (the Customer), thus the Cyber Risk of this requirement is classified as very low.
IR35 / off-payroll workingContract conditions
The Off Payroll Rules (Intermediaries Legislation - IR35) for working in the Public Sector are in place to ensure that where a worker would have been an employee if they were providing their services directly, they are broadly paying the same tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) as an employee.

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