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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 4 days ago Contract notice

For the provision of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Services to the Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston on the Green (JSPCW)

Open United Kingdom Public administration services

Buyer Ministry of Defence

24 days left

Key facts

Closes
23:59 (UTC)
Estimated value
€517,510
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 30 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

30 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,748 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 28 days (median of its last 37 calls for tender). It extended none of the 15 deadlines we followed from publication.

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

The buyer requires on-site aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) services at RAF Weston on the Green during flying operations, supporting delivery of tri-service parachuting courses run by the Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston on the Green. Training operates under the civilian national governing body British Skydiving and complies with Civil Aviation Authority regulations and Military Aviation Authority regulations, primarily DSA02 Defence Fire Safety Regulations. The contract runs for three years from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030, covering 800 ARFF hours per year during the parachute season. Firefighters must be present whenever parachuting takes place at the aerodrome.

Description

For the provision of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Services to the Joint Service Parachute Centre Weston on the Green (JSPCW) 2 Gp JSPC(W) requires Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) provision on site during flying operations to enable Delivery of Tri-Service parachuting courses at RAF Weston on the Green under Civilian National Governing Body, British Skydiving (BS) who operate under Civil Air Authority (CAA) Regulations and Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Regulations primarily DSA02 Defence Fire Safety Regulations. The requirement is for a 3 year contract from 1 February 2027 until 31 January 2030 with 800 ARFF hours per year during the parachute season.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €517,510.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Public administration services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    24 days left, 18 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €75,999 and €1.3M.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 266 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 4 days ago

Documents on Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) (English)

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 55 awards for Public administration services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€517,510
Median award
€208,409
Middle half of past awards
€75,999 to €1.3M

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Ministry of Defence

United Kingdom

notices in the register
266
awards
173
awarded in total
€659.9M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
141
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
6%
of its calls state an estimated value
90%

Based on 160 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Public administration services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Saxton 4 Sep 2026
Prison Advice & Care Trust (pact) 3 €198,266 Sep 2026
CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD 2 €9.5M Sep 2026
Fuuse 2 €175,507 Feb 2026
EDENRED (UK GROUP) LIMITED 2 €102,344 May 2026

Based on 73 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 48% of the open notices in Public administration services across Europe.

open now in Public administration services
569
median open notice
€604,796

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Public administration services

different companies won awards here
64
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%
buyers awarded contracts here
45

Based on 73 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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