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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Recovery of up to 48 Viking Gliders

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50650000
Value£900k
Awarded19 Aug 2015
Published18 Jan 2016
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£900ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This is a large award for Repair & Maintenance — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Authority requires an MAA Regulatory Publication (MRP) / Military Part 145 (Mil Pt 145) organisation (or an European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Pt 145 approved organisation, that can achieve Mil Pt 145 with an MAA Maintenance Approved Organisation Status (MAOS) Supplement submission within 3 mths), to carry out the package of maintenance, which is to include a Major Servicing and Special Instructions (Technical) (SI(T)), detailed in this SOR, on upto 48 Viking T Mark 1 (Grob 103A) Gliders, belonging to the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO).

The requirement may also be met by a non-compliant Prime Contractor, who is able to sub-contract to a qualified 3rd party.

The MOD Designated Officer (MOD Des Off) for this requirement is Gp Capt John Middleton, OC 2 FTS.

The Deputy MOD Des Off is Wg Cdr Dave Evans (SO1 Total Safety), with day-to-day management exercised by the 2 FTS CMT.

The Project Manager for the requirement is Wg Cdr Charlie Wray, 22 (Trg) Gp Gliders Requirements Manager.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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FTS/DE/ACT/04413 - Contract Award
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