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

Department of Defence

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.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-11-15 Contract notice
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:
โ€œThis 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...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Piloted aircraft ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 45 400 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThis 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...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Special-purpose aircraft ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Fixed-wing aircrafts ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Aircraft maintenance services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œn/aโ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-12-13 13:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
โ€œn/aโ€
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œas per tender documentationโ€

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Defence
Postal town: Newbridge
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: contracts@defence.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0035345492000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Defence
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2694782 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2694782 ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2023/S 222-701092 (2023-11-15)