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A400M UK Medium Term Aircraft In-Service Support Contract Extension UK7 Contract Details Notice

Defence Equipment and Support · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 11:57.

Opportunity overview

The extension of the existing A400M-097 contract for national in-service support services for the Atlas A400M Airframe, including Base Maintenance Services, Line and Line Support Services and Continuing Airworthiness Management Support Service

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
A400M-097 Extension
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
It is considered that this contract can be awarded in accordance with the justification set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Procurement Act 2023 where competition is absence for technical reasons. AMSL hold the unique position of being the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Design Authority (DA) for the A400M aircraft, as well as the provider of common in-service support under the Global Support Step (GSS) arrangement for benefit of all partner nations who co-operated in procuring the design, development and manufacture of the A400M aircraft. In order to provide the required national in-service support services there is specific access, technical know-how and specific interoperability with the GSS arrangement which could only be provided by AMSL. In addition, performance of the national in-service support services is subject to Maintenance Approved Organisation Scheme (MAOS) approval, with all Maintenance Organisations conducting maintenance or repair on UK military registered aircraft required to hold MRP Part 145 approval in accordance with Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Regulatory Article (RA) 4800 series. AMSL as the OEM and DA is uniquely positioned to manage and sustain compliance with the complex regulatory regime applicable to the A400M programme to ensure coherence and seamless integration between the multiple regulated organisational approvals (including the Co-Ordinating Design Organisation, Approved Maintenance Organisation, Contractor Flying Approved Organisation and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation) to deliver a safe and effective enterprise. Further the A400M aircraft is yet to attain full military operating capability, with AMSL iteratively upgrading the capability and delivering a concurrent retrofit programme. As a result, the build standard of the A400M aircraft remains subject to substantial change and consequentially the platform and its components, design and proven performance remain Page 5 to 6 at a relatively early stage of maturity. As such it is impractical to contract national in service support services with another economic operator and would pose intolerable risk to the capability, effectiveness, readiness and safety of the A400M Atlas aircraft. In summary, AMSL are the only economic operator with the in-depth knowledge, experience and technical know-how to perform the services, whilst ensuring regulatory compliance, satisfaction of interoperability and airworthiness requirements, and delivering the availability for deployment of military operational aircraft that meet the needs of Defence.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

defenceSecurity

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Defence Equipment and Support
Id
GB-PPON-PVRL-5831-GLMM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVRL-5831-GLMM

Address

Street Address
MOD Abbey Wood
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS34 8JH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Name
Matthew Jones

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) [Airbus Defence and Space Limited]
Id
GB-COH-02449259

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02449259

Address

Street Address
Calle Aviocar, 2, 28906 Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Locality
Madrid
Postal Code
28906
Country
ES
Country Name
Spain
Region
ES

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
50211100
Description
Aircraft maintenance services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
ES
Country
ES
Country Name
Spain

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02449259
Name
Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) [Airbus Defence and Space Limited]

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
21 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Apr 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Apr 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Additional contract extension of 12 months could be applied if this was required to maintain national in-service support services for the Atlas A400M Airframe. UK-produced steel is not used by the prime contractor or within the supply chain for this contract.

Value

Including VAT
189,823,013
Amount
189,823,013
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Serviceable Aircraft Availability/Shortfall
Description
Serviceable Aircraft Availability/Shortfall against the agreed Forward Available Fleet and Serviceable Aircraft Commitment for the relevant performance period.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Maintenance performance
Description
Measures the cumulative number of days by which the return to service of an Aircraft is late compared to the scheduled maintenance plan

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Engine preservation
Description
Measures the cumulative number of preservation tasks performed on serviceable Engine items in accordance with the respective Technical Information Data and due within the relevant performance period

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
098804-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Oct 2026, 10:16
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK12 · BS34 8JH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 084800-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 098804-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Defence Equipment and Support has concluded and signed a direct-award extension for national in-service support of the UK Atlas A400M airframe with AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED. The published contract value is £189,823,013 gross.

Published outcome signals

  • Award and contract statusActiveEvidence: Award 2 and contract 2 are both marked active; tender and lot 1 are marked complete.
  • Contract signatureSigned on 21 September 2026Evidence: Contract 2 has dateSigned: 2026-09-21.
  • Contract start1 October 2026Evidence: Contract 2 period startDate is 2026-10-01.
95% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source
Find a Tender
Notice reference
098804-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d339
First published
8 Sept 2026
Last checked
20 Oct 2026, 11:57
Notice versions reviewed
2
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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status
Approved for publication
Analysed
20 Oct 2026
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