Helicopters

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Supply,Delivery of a new Eurocopter EC135 T2 Helicopter with McAlpine(MHL) Police Role Equipment Fit. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, on behalf of An Garda Síochána, invites tenders for the supply and delivery of a new Eurocopter EC 135 T2 Single Pilot IFR light helicopter, with full manufacturers warranty and McAlpine (MHL) Police Role Equipment Fit, to the stated specification, and delivery to Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Co. Dublin, Ireland. The McAlpine Police Role Equipment Fit is the bathtub shaped pod fitted to the underbelly of the aircraft to house part of the role equipment etc. and to allow for a clutter free cabin. The primary mission will be to provide patrol and response capability in the assistance of operational ground units of An Garda Síochána, the Irish National Police Force. The aircraft will be required to operate by day and by night (subject to visual weather minima), with the broad objective being to seek out and identify the target, establish and maintain visual contract with the target while directing ground units to the scene or to intercept. The expected utilisation of the aircraft will be approx. 800 hours per annum. The aircraft will operate on the State (Military) Register. Further information relating to this notice is available on the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/ Search_Switch.aspx?ID=12588.

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2005-07-19. The procurement was published on 2005-06-16.

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