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Request for Information - Design and Build of Wide Body Category D Ambulift for Isle of Man Airport

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Published
19 January 2026

Tender description

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - Design and Build of Wide Body Category D Ambulift for Isle of Man Airport – Ref: SFS/DOI-AM/001<br /><br />The Isle of Man Government wishes to explore the market and identify interest from experienced contractors to provide a wide body, category D Ambulift suitable for use at the Isle of Man Airport. The Ambulift must be compatible with ATR72 and A319/20 aircraft, meeting the required sill heights for safe and efficient boarding and disembarkation. Both new and second-hand units will be considered, with a preference for new equipment.<br /><br />Background<br />The Isle of Man Airport is seeking to enhance its ground support equipment by procuring an Ambulift capable of servicing a range of aircraft, including ATR72 and A319/20 models. The Ambulift should facilitate the safe and dignified transfer of passengers with reduced mobility, ensuring compliance with all relevant aviation and accessibility standards.<br /><br /><br />Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to "Express Interest".<br /><br />****PLEASE NOTE - Once you have clicked on `Express Interest` you will receive an email to advise that `Tender Documents have been published to the portal` and a `RFI Documents` tab will appear. This tab will provide you with any additional information documents. In order to respond to this stage of the process you will need to `Opt-In` and complete the `Form of Acknowledgment (PIN/RFI)` questionnaire, upload your RFI Response document and click `Submit Return` before the Expression of Interest deadline as detailed below.****<br /><br />When the RFI documents have been made available involved suppliers will receive notification via email and the tender documents can be accessed from the `My Tenders` area of this website and selecting the `View Details` button on this project and selecting the `RFI Documents` tab.<br /><br />Expressions of Interest and RFI Responses will only be accepted until 12 NOON 3rd February 2026. <br /><br />Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns WILL NOT be permitted.<br /><br />Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.<br />

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published19 January 2026
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About the buyer

The Department of Finance is a Northern Ireland devolved department housing Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD), the central purchasing body for departments, agencies and arm's length bodies. Every tender is advertised on eTendersNI, the portal introduced in April 2015 for Northern Ireland public bodies. Suppliers register on the portal with a free D-U-N-S number. Two CPD divisions buy separately, covering supplies and services, and construction works and services. A published pipeline lists planned procurements and preliminary market engagement opportunities. Both divisions are among six Centres of Procurement Expertise, alongside the Education Authority and the Housing Executive.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Finance's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.

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