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Resupply and In-Service Support to maintain of CYPRES Auto Activation Devices (ADD)-UK5

Ministry of Defence · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 05:02.

Opportunity overview

The C17 Command Support and Airborne Equipment Project Team (C17CSAE PT) as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) (the Authority) has a requirement for the resupply, repair, and maintenance of safety critical in-service CYPRES Automatic Activation Devices (AADs) for Airborne Forces Equipment (parachute systems). The CYPRES device operates to deploy a reserve parachute if the parachutist is incapacitated during descent.

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.

Airtec GmbH & Co KG Safety Systems

No match
Published award value
£887k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PBLP-4271-NCHY
Location
Bad Wuennenberg, DE, 33181, Germany

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
C17CSAE/712971452
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The C17 Command Support and Airborne Equipment Project Team (C17CSAE PT) as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) (the Authority) has a requirement for the resupply, repair, and maintenance of safety critical in-service CYPRES Automatic Activation Devices (AADs) for Airborne Forces Equipment (parachute systems). The CYPRES device operates to deploy a reserve parachute if the parachutist is incapacitated during descent. The Authority intends to direct award a new contract to Airtec GMBH & Co. KG Safety Systems until 31st March 2029 at an approximate total value of £0.887m (eight hundred and eighty-seven thousand pounds) (Inclusive of VAT). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the Direct Award procedure pursuant to Schedule 5 paragraphs 6 and/or 7 of the Procurement Act 2023, which permit direct award where there is only one supplier able to meet the requirement and/or additional or repeat goods or services can only be supplied by the original supplier due to technical reasons or where changing supplier would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulty. Airtec is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the CYPRES AAD and is the only economic operator with the technical capability, proprietary knowledge, and authorised diagnostic tools required to support these safety critical devices. Changing supplier would require the acquisition and clearance of an alternative AAD system with different technical characteristics, resulting in significant compatibility challenges with existing parachute systems and creating disproportionate technical and safety related burdens.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Special regime

defenceSecurity

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVX-4316-ZVGZ

Address

Street Address
MoD Abbey Wood NH1 #1027
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS34 8JH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK12

Contact

Name
Theo Tonkin

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Airtec GmbH & Co KG Safety Systems
Id
GB-PPON-PBLP-4271-NCHY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBLP-4271-NCHY

Address

Street Address
Mittelstr. 69
Locality
Bad Wuennenberg
Postal Code
33181
Country
DE
Country Name
Germany
Region
DE

Contact

Telephone
+49 2953 9899 48

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Resupply and In-Service Support of the CYPRES Auto Activation Devices (ADD)
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
39523000
Description
Parachutes
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
50600000
Description
Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
887,000
Amount
887,000
Currency
GBP

Additional Procurement Categories

services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBLP-4271-NCHY
Name
Airtec GmbH & Co KG Safety Systems

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The authority may exercise options to extend giving no less than 6 (six) months’ notice prior to the expiry of the contract. The authority reserves the right to exercise the options in single-year or multi-year intervals up to a maximum 2 (two) years from the initial expiry. The authority has no obligation to exercise said options to extend.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
064234-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
8 Jul 2026, 13:51
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
17 Aug 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 064234-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·