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Published 7 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Flight Simulation Training Device for Rotary Wing Aircraft

Official notice

Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Local council)·On behalf of: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED

Services
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 15 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

BlueLight Commercial is working in collaboration with the National Police Air Service (NPAS) on a future tender opportunity for the provision of access to a Flight Simulation Training Device for rotary wing aircraft.

BlueLight Commercial and NPAS are therefore conducting market engagement to engage with the market suppliers to further understand the capabilities available and to help to establish the procurement strategy for this tender.

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is operated by West Yorkshire Police on behalf of the 43 police forces of England and Wales together with British Transport Police in those areas. NPAS have a national network of 15 bases across England and Wales and a fleet of 20 rotary-wing aircraft and 4 fixed-wing aircraft. NPAS have this year placed an order for several new Airbus T3H135 helicopters.

NPAS are therefore looking to access a Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) to conduct pilot initial type rating and recurrent training for their rotary-wing fleet. This includes the following aircraft types:

  • EC135 T3
  • EC135 T2+

Interested Suppliers are therefore requested to respond to a request for information by completing the questionnaire via the portal by 6pm Friday 22nd August 2025.

To respond to this market engagement, please visit sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗ and register.

Once registered, you will find this opportunity under BlueLight Commercial (found in portals section in the top right of your home page, once logged in.)

CPV: Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated parts · Flight simulators · Helicopters · Training and simulation in aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts · Training facilities · Training services · Training simulators

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published
34152000 Training simulators34711500 Helicopters34740000 Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated parts34741400 Flight simulators80500000 Training services80520000 Training facilities

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
Last source update
7 Aug 2025, 16:34 BST
Authority reference
BLC0238
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047039
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated partsFlight simulatorsHelicoptersTraining and simulation in aircrafts, missiles and spacecraftsTraining facilitiesTraining servicesTraining simulators
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058336 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
  2. Market engagement
    22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Response to a request for information via a questionnaire available via the portal.

  3. Tender notice expected
    15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts209 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Aug 2025, 16:34 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

West Yorkshire Combined Authority (or such other successor body, company, organisation who shall have the responsibility of being the contracting authority of the National Police Air Service or any part or parts thereof)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHYG-7328-ZLQJ Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 2DEContact email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure