Procedure
Procedure as published: Other - Contract Extension to the Current Provision for UKSARH.
Key facts
- Supplier
- Bristow Helicopters Limited
- Value
- £8,404,500
- Procedure
- Other - Contract Extension to the Current Provision for UKSARH
- Sector
- Transport services · Air-sea rescue services (CPV 60443100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Nov 2024
- Published1 Apr 2025Published 151 days after the contract date
Description
The Channel Aviation Emergency Search and Rescue (CAESAR) contract was implemented in March 2022, at pace, to respond to the rising emergency in the English Channel caused by small boat crossings. The service provides a combination of fixed wing unmanned aircraft to provide a multi-layered operational picture over the Channel which allows His Majestys Coastguard (HMCG), and other Government operators, to identify vessels in the Channel, and then determine those vessels at most need of rescue in order to prioritise available surface assets and prevent deaths. CAESAR was implemented as a dedicated Channel capability, under the existing UK Search and Rescue Helicopter (UKSARH) service provision, freeing the MCAs Air Surveillance and Verification service, which had been providing a stop-gap interim service, to return to delivering the role it was designed for, whilst providing a structured service which better meet the operational need of HMCG in the English Channel. The UK Second Generat…
About the supplier
Bristow Helicopters Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00551102).