Contract award · 16 Jul 2025

Fleet Helicopter Support Unit Contract Award Notice

Ministry of Defence awarded “Fleet Helicopter Support Unit Contract Award Notice” to Developing Assets (UK) Limited T/A HeliOperations for £67.8m.

Security, fire & defence equipmentSouth West

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£67,841,251
Procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Sector
Security, fire & defence equipment · Support helicopters (CPV 35612300)
Timeline
  1. Contract date16 Jul 2025
  2. Published7 Aug 2026Published 387 days after the contract date

Description

The purpose of this Contract Award Notice is to announce the award of the Fleet Helicopter Support Unit service, which is a crewed availability based contract to provide essential maritime Rotary Wing (RW) support to Navy Command (NC) operations within the South Coast Exercise Areas (SCEXAs) and wider UK Flight Information Region (FIR).

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