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Flight Simulation Training Device for Rotary Wing Aircraft

Details

Topic
Training simulators
Published
7 August 2025
Submission
22 August 2025

Tender 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 https://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.)

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published7 August 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority buys as a local government organisation, with its own Commercial and Procurement team supporting colleagues across the authority. Tenders are published through YORtender, the authority's e-procurement system. Some opportunities also appear on Contracts Finder and the Find a Tender Service. Smaller contracts go out as Requests to Quote, with Invitations to Tender used for larger opportunities. External frameworks including the Crown Commercial Service, YPO and NEPO let the authority procure goods, works and services without running a full tender. The team also builds social value into its procurement processes.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 34152000 · Training simulators
  • 34711500 · Helicopters
  • 34740000 · Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated parts
  • 34741400 · Flight simulators
  • 80500000 · Training services
  • 80520000 · Training facilities
  • 80650000 · Training and simulation in aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts

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