Who Won It

Contract award · 1 Apr 2025

CHC/666 - Support to the Chinook aircraft Infra Red Suppression System (IRSS) Environmental Data Gathering (EDG) Trials.

Ministry of Defence awarded “CHC/666 - Support to the Chinook aircraft Infra Red Suppression…” to Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited for £13.9m.

No competitionPublic administration & defence servicesSouth West

BuyerMinistry of Defence
Value £13.9m
WinnerCranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Supplier
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited SME
Value
£13,912,161
Procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sector
Public administration & defence services · Administration, defence and social security services (CPV 75000000)
Region
South West
Official notice
017135-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Apr 2025
  2. Published25 Apr 2025Published 24 days after the contract date

Description

Support to the Chinook aircraft Infra Red Suppression System (IRSS) Environmental Data Gathering (EDG) Trials.

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