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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Contract for the provision of Future Through Life Customer Support (FTLCS)

Transport EquipmentCPV 34711500
Value£590.4m
Awarded30 Mar 2020
Published16 Apr 2020
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£590.4mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£637.7m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Chinook Delivery Team (CH-DT) had an urgent a requirement to let a new 20-year QDC contract with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) for Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) to provide a continuation of in-service support for the UK Chinook helicopter fleet and sustain the VHL capability in the short-term.

This contact will supersede the Old non-QDC TLCS contract which was terminated at the end of Pricing Period 3 (PP3) on 31 Mar 20.

This contract will endure until 31 Mar 40 and a price of £590,447,958.35 has been agreed for the first 6-year pricing period of this new contract (PP1).

The contract includes spares, repairs, technical support, modification and maintenance activity.

The Ch-DT published a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice on 19 Feb 20 for this requirement and the standstill period expired on 2 Mar 20 with no concerns raised by the market.

The contract documents have now been redacted and the information is being made publicly available in accordance with MOD transparency obligations.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The Chinook Delivery Team (CH-DT) had

The Chinook Delivery Team (CH-DT) had an urgent a requirement to let a new 20-year QDC contract with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) for Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) to provide a continuation of in-service support for the UK Chinook helicopter fleet and sustain the VHL capability in the short-term.

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The contract includes spares, repairs, technical support

The contract includes spares, repairs, technical support, modification and maintenance activity.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
CHC/615
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