C23888 - Joint Maritime Exercise (Exercise Mannan) Requirement for Rotary Wing Aircraft

The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) is the UK government's centre of excellence for maritime security. Its mission is to increase awareness and understanding of maritime security threats and enable cross-government coordination to deliver a whole-system response to mitigate them.

JMSC is hosting a cross government exercise which is being held in the exercise areas off Portland, UK. This will exercise an important capability in support of training for law enforcement operations at sea.

JMSC are seeking the provision of a Rotary Wing Aircraft with crew to move government equipment and personnel to target vessels underway at sea, undertake winching and winch recovery of staff to the vessels to enable training and familiarisation with such operations. The full requirement needed is detailed in the attached Statement of Requirements (Annex A).

Within the attachments you will find;

1) Annex A - JMSC EX MANNAN_Rotary Wing Aircraft - Statement of Requirements V1. 2) Annex B - JMSC EX MANNAN_Rotary Wing Aircraft -Technical Criteria Bidding Doc_V1. 3) Annex C - JMSC EX MANNAN_Rotary Wing Aricraft - Commercial Criteria Bidding Doc V1. 4) Short Form Contract_Terms and Conditions (to be used on the Contract)

To be considered for this opportunity, please read through all the attachments, and complete all parts of Annex B and Annex C.

Please note;

1. Bids may only be considered if all parts of the relevant attachments are completed and submitted by the closing deadline.

2. All Clarification Questions (CQ) must be submitted to the Authority no later than 30 August 2022, 12:00PM (noon).

3. The closing date for this opportunity is 06 September 2022, 12:00PM (noon).

4. Please submit all Clarification Questions (CQ) and tender responses to [email protected] by the date and time specified or they may not be accepted.

Key timings;

1. Clarification Question (CQ) deadline - 30 August 2022, 12:00PM (noon) 2. Tender response submission deadline - 06 September 2022, 12:00PM (noon) 3. Proposed Contract award date - 12-19 September 2022. 4. Contract start date - 15 November 2022. 5. Contract end date - 17 November 2022.

The Authority reserves the right to withdraw or change this requirement during any stage of this process.

Additional information: Please submit all Clarification Questions (CQ) and tender responses to [email protected] by the date and time specified or they may not be accepted.