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Provision of Salvaged Aircraft Hulls and Facilities

Ministry of Defence · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 00:10.

Opportunity overview

Strategic Command, as part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), require a service that provides and installs salvaged aircraft hulls at a secure facility that is provided by the Contractor. The facility must be suitable for hosting MoD-led real life airplane tactical entry training sessions. These sessions are foreseen to be needed once or twice every six months. Please see the ITT pack for further details. This procurement is being tendered with Defence being applied as the special regime. This contract qualifies as a Defence contract in accordance with section 7 (g) of the Procurement Act 2023.

Classification

  • CPV34711100 — Aeroplanes
  • CPV80520000 — Training facilities

Lots

  • Lot 1£650k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
714583451
Status
complete
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
Please find details of the opportunity and the submission details by following this link: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59870
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Procedure

Features
Please see Annex B to DEFFORM 47 of the ITT pack.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends
15 Sept 2025, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
18 Aug 2025, 13:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
5 May 2025, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
8 Aug 2025, 13:00

Special regime

defenceSecurity

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
650,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
780,000

Options

Description
All services that are anticipated to be delivered through this Contract will be via a Tasking Order Form Process. Any services rendered by the Contractor will incur expenditure against a limit of liability. There is no guaranteed volume of services to be provided by the Contractor through this Contract. Please see the ITT pack for further details.

Renewal

Description
The Contract is anticipated to be let on a 3+1+1 basis, meaning that two additional Contract years may be invoked at the sole discretion of the Authority.

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Award criteria

Weighting Description
The Contract will be awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) that is fully compliant, receives a passing technical score, a passing site inspection, and has the lowest price. For further details, please see Annex B to DEFFORM 47 in the ITT pack.

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
See the ITT pack for further details.
Type
price
Criterion 2
Name
See the ITT pack for further details.
Type
quality

Contract period

Ends
24 Sept 2028, 23:59
Starts
25 Sept 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
24 Sept 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
34711100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Aeroplanes
Entry 2
Id
80520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Training facilities

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
041978-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
22 Jul 2025, 12:32
Entry 3
Id
062187-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK12
Description
Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderCancellationNotice
Published
3 Oct 2025, 14:20

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
015458-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 Apr 2025, 10:58

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
30 Apr 2025, 23:59
Description
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to identify the number of suppliers that may be able to deliver the requirement identified. In order to facilitate this, please could suppliers provide answers to the following questions: • Do you have prior experience delivering a similar requirement? And if so, could you provide detail of your experience (e.g., goods/services delivered, customer, value, duration)? • One aspect of the requirement is to provide airport fire and rescue service within 30 minutes, is this feasible? Please submit your answers to the email address stated in this notice, using 'Provision of a Service to enable Specialist Aircraft Training PME' as the email subject. Note: This notice does not signal the beginning of a procurement, nor a guarantee that any procurement activity will commence. Potential suppliers that act on any information received through this pre-market engagement do so entirely at their own risk.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
Name
Ministry of Defence

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK15
Country
GB
Locality
Wiltshire
Postal Code
SN13 9NR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Westwells Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Final Status Date
3 Oct 2025, 00:00

Related lots

1

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wiltshire · UKK15 · SN13 9NR · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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