This is a Call for Tender for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and Broader Utility Use. The Irish Air Corps (IAC) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides support to the Army and Naval Service, together with air services such as police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection and MATS. The Minister for Defence invites requests to participate from economic operators for the supply of one new jet aircraft to be operated by the IAC with a basic minimum of two engines and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a passenger seating capacity of no less than 10 seats, an unrefuelled range of no less than 3,500 nautical miles with a payload equivalent of 8 passengers with standard luggage, and the capability of being fitted with a Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) and secure digital communications. Basic services to include associated crew training to include pilots, flight attendants and maintenance personnel and a maintenance support contract to include airframe, engines, APU and avionics. The aircraft will primarily be for the delivery of the Ministerial Air Transport Service with additional broader utility to include but not limited to: non-combatant evacuation operations of Irish citizens from critical situations in limited instances, medical evacuation or repatriation of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on overseas missions, logistics support for transport of sensitive material/resupplies to Defence Forces overseas missions, and air ambulance patient transfers. Please note that: Tenderers must associate themselves with this Competition on the eTenders website in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive clarifications and submit a tender response. This can only be done via login. All responses must be submitted in a zipped file format. The Contracting Authority are not in a position to answer queries marked confidential.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-12-13.
The procurement was published on 2023-11-15.
Contract notice (2023-11-15) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Department of Defence - Competition for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and broader utility use
Short description:
This is a Call for Tender for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and Broader Utility Use. The Irish Air Corps (IAC) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides support to the Army and Naval Service, together with air services such as police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection and MATS. The Minister for Defence invites requests to participate from economic operators for the supply of one new jet aircraft to be operated by the IAC with a basic minimum of two engines and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a passenger seating capacity of no less than 10 seats, an unrefuelled range of no less than 3,500 nautical miles with a payload equivalent of 8 passengers with standard luggage, and the capability of being fitted with a Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) and secure digital communications. Basic services to include associated crew training to include pilots, flight attendants and maintenance personnel and a maintenance support contract to include airframe, engines, APU and avionics. The aircraft will primarily be for the delivery of the Ministerial Air Transport Service with additional broader utility to include but not limited to: non-combatant evacuation operations of Irish citizens from critical situations in limited instances, medical evacuation or repatriation of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on overseas missions, logistics support for transport of sensitive material/resupplies to Defence Forces overseas missions, and air ambulance patient transfers. Please note that: Tenderers must associate themselves with this Competition on the eTenders website in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive clarifications and submit a tender response. This can only be done via login. All responses must be submitted in a zipped file format. The Contracting Authority are not in a position to answer queries marked confidential.
This is a Call for Tender for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and Broader Utility Use. The Irish Air Corps (IAC) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides support to the Army and Naval Service, together with air services such as police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection and MATS. The Minister for Defence invites requests to participate from economic operators for the supply of one new jet aircraft to be operated by the IAC with a basic minimum of two engines and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a passenger seating capacity of no less than 10 seats, an unrefuelled range of no less than 3,500 nautical miles with a payload equivalent of 8 passengers with standard luggage, and the capability of being fitted with a Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) and secure digital communications. Basic services to include associated crew training to include pilots, flight attendants and maintenance personnel and a maintenance support contract to include airframe, engines, APU and avionics. The aircraft will primarily be for the delivery of the Ministerial Air Transport Service with additional broader utility to include but not limited to: non-combatant evacuation operations of Irish citizens from critical situations in limited instances, medical evacuation or repatriation of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on overseas missions, logistics support for transport of sensitive material/resupplies to Defence Forces overseas missions, and air ambulance patient transfers. Please note that: Tenderers must associate themselves with this Competition on the eTenders website in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive clarifications and submit a tender response. This can only be done via login. All responses must be submitted in a zipped file format. The Contracting Authority are not in a position to answer queries marked confidential.
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Piloted aircraft📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 400 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: MATS Jet Aircraft
Description of the procurement:
This is a Call for Tender for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and Broader Utility Use. The Irish Air Corps (IAC) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides support to the Army and Naval Service, together with air services such as police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection and MATS. The Minister for Defence invites requests to participate from economic operators for the supply of one new jet aircraft to be operated by the IAC with a basic minimum of two engines and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a passenger seating capacity of no less than 10 seats, an unrefuelled range of no less than 4,000 nautical miles with a payload equivalent of 8 passengers with standard luggage, and the capability of being fitted with a Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) and secure digital communications. Basic services to include associated crew training to include pilots, flight attendants and maintenance personnel and a maintenance support contract to include airframe, engines, APU and avionics. The aircraft will primarily be for the delivery of the Ministerial Air Transport Service with additional broader utility to include but not limited to: non-combatant evacuation operations of Irish citizens from critical situations in limited instances, medical evacuation or repatriation of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on overseas missions, logistics support for transport of sensitive material/resupplies to Defence Forces overseas missions, and air ambulance patient transfers. Please note that: Tenderers must associate themselves with this Competition on the eTenders website in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive clarifications and submit a tender response. This can only be done via login. All responses must be submitted in a zipped file format. The Contracting Authority are not in a position to answer queries marked confidential.
This is a Call for Tender for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and Broader Utility Use. The Irish Air Corps (IAC) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides support to the Army and Naval Service, together with air services such as police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection and MATS. The Minister for Defence invites requests to participate from economic operators for the supply of one new jet aircraft to be operated by the IAC with a basic minimum of two engines and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a passenger seating capacity of no less than 10 seats, an unrefuelled range of no less than 4,000 nautical miles with a payload equivalent of 8 passengers with standard luggage, and the capability of being fitted with a Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) and secure digital communications. Basic services to include associated crew training to include pilots, flight attendants and maintenance personnel and a maintenance support contract to include airframe, engines, APU and avionics. The aircraft will primarily be for the delivery of the Ministerial Air Transport Service with additional broader utility to include but not limited to: non-combatant evacuation operations of Irish citizens from critical situations in limited instances, medical evacuation or repatriation of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on overseas missions, logistics support for transport of sensitive material/resupplies to Defence Forces overseas missions, and air ambulance patient transfers. Please note that: Tenderers must associate themselves with this Competition on the eTenders website in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive clarifications and submit a tender response. This can only be done via login. All responses must be submitted in a zipped file format. The Contracting Authority are not in a position to answer queries marked confidential.
Main site or place of performance: n/a
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Maximum renewals: 1
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2009/81/EC
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-12-13 13:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️ Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: n/a
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: as per tender documentation
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000📞
URL: https://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2023/S 222-701092 (2023-11-15)