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Northern Lighthouse Board Contract Opportunity – Hire of helicopters with crew.

The Northern Lighthouse Board are looking for bidders for the following contract opportunity.

UK-Edinburgh: Hire of helicopters with crew.

Northern Lighthouse Board and the Corporation of Trinity House (together the General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs)) helicopter services support for their Marine Aids to Navigation Strategy to 2037 by providing the means to access and maintain their more remote Aids to Navigation.

 An effective helicopter service is a vital element in the provision of the GLAs’ service to the mariner: a reliable, efficient and cost-effective network of marine Aids to Navigation.

The required outcomes of this contract are:
-A reliable, integrated, passenger and cargo (internal and underslung) service.
-A helicopter service which is able to recover from weather, aircraft technical failure and other disruptions to planned activities
-A service able to respond quickly and efficiently to casualties (light or other navigational aid failures) at any time and in any place in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands*.

* Please note this contract is being procured as a Bi-GLA. Bi-Lateral GLA Aviation Services Project.

Please refer to Schedule of Requirements for a more detailed specification

Value excluding VAT: £67,000,000

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Date: 03/03/2025

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