CHC/645 Flat Panel Trainer - Contract Award Notice

Description

The Secretary of State for Defence (the ‘Authority’) entered into a contract with Thales UK Ltd (“Thales”) for the provision of repairs, spares and engineering support in respect of its existing Chinook Flat Panel Trainer (FPT), enabling its continued use at RAF Benson. The contract term is 3 years with two option years. A contract award notice is also published on Contracts Finder, links as follows: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44d25571-53a2-418d-ab07-969404224d25 Lot 1: Provision of repairs, spares and engineering support in respect of its existing Chinook Flat Panel Trainer (FPT). Thales are the original equipment manufacturers and Design Authority of the Digital Cockpit fitted on the UK Chinook aircraft. As such, the In Service support of the Flat Panel Trainer (including the provision of repairs and spares) together with the related Project Management, can only be carried out by Thales as Thales exclusively own the software rights and holds the relevant skills, technical data, proprietary information (including drawing and design information) and know-how that is needed to meet the requirement.