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ID 6330156 - PSNI DAC 13/25 - Helicopter Maintenance and Role Equipment

Police Service of Northern Ireland · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 19:16.

Opportunity overview

PSNI currently have 2 Eurocopter Helicopters operating from a location in Northern Ireland. Provision of aerial support is a province wide asset managed by Crime Operations Air Support Unit. The direction of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) states that an operator (PSNI) of an aircraft must have a maintenance agreement in place with suitability licensed suppliers to provide continuing airworthiness and the respective maintenance services, without these formal arrangements in place the aircraft would have to be grounded. The supplier is the original and sole equipment manufacturer of the PSNI aircraft types; the design is their Intellectual Property and shall not be delegated or licensed to a 3rd party. The supplier is the Type Certificate Holder for the core aircraft design and it is responsible for defining the aircraft's "build standard, safe operation and maintenance of airworthiness policy". The platform design, qualification data and safety case empowers the supplier to specify the requirements and mandate modifications for all components (includes specialist role equipment) fitted to the core aircraft and mission systems. The supplier is an CAA approved continuing airworthiness management organisation and a BCAR A8-23 authorised helicopter maintenance organisation. They have intellectual proprietary rights to the equipment fitted on the aircraft. The aircraft is used for national security type specific duties and is fitted with specialist surveillance equipment. They have the unique competency to manage mature, high flying rate fleets as the OEM and they are the sole source for providing a single integrated solution, they offer an integrated logistics support utilising their supply chain, access to national stock levels and availability of all specialist tooling. They have existing infrastructure in place for the delivery of this service and have unique knowledge and experience in working with PSNI and their specific operational needs since aircraft entry into 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.

Contract value
£9.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
20 Feb 2026
Including VAT
£11.9m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PBXY-3232-WNHZ
Location
Withheld Town, UKN06, BT3 9ED, United Kingdom

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
ID 6330156
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
All public procurements should comply with Public Procurement Policy (PPP) and Managing Public Money NI. The value of this Direct Award Contract (DAC) (i.e £9,942,000) exceeds the UK Threshold and therefore the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) (as amended) and Procurement Regulations 2024 (PR24) (as amended) apply. There are direct award justifications provided for under Section 41 and Schedule 5 of the PA23 which permit a Contracting Authority to award a public contract to a single supplier where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier, and the following conditions are met: - (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and where (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Covered By

GPA

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
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Id
GB-PPON-PJGZ-5912-BTWQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJGZ-5912-BTWQ

Address

Street Address
Police Headquarters, Brooklyn, 65 Knock Road
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT5 6LE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply
Organisation 2
Name
CPD - Supplies & Services Division
Id
GB-PPON-PVWG-8426-YWXV
Role Details
Construction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVWG-8426-YWXV

Address

Street Address
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT3 9ED
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint
Organisation 3
Name
Withheld Section94 Supplier
Id
GB-PPON-PBXY-3232-WNHZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBXY-3232-WNHZ

Address

Street Address
Withheld address line 1
Locality
Withheld Town
Postal Code
BT3 9ED
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
50212000
Description
Repair and maintenance services of helicopters

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBXY-3232-WNHZ
Name
Withheld Section94 Supplier

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
PSNI DAC 13/25 - Helicopter Maintenance and Role Equipment
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
20 Feb 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
21 Feb 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2028, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
11,930,400
Amount
9,942,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
KPI-1
Description
All aircraft serviced within agreed timescales.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
KPI-2
Description
All service and maintenance costs in line with approved contractual rates.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
KPI-3
Description
All services delivered in accordance with industry standards and all standards of service retained.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12

Documents

Entry 1
Id
015961-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
23 Feb 2026, 10:33
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT5 6LE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 000938-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 011974-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 015961-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·