Contract

GLA Helicopter Services 2015

  • Northern Lighthouse Board

F20: Modification notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-003787

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-043763

Published 5 February 2024, 7:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Northern Lighthouse Board

84 George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 3DA

Email

procurement@nlb.org.uk

Telephone

+44 1314733131

Fax

+44 1314732436

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.nlb.org.uk

Buyer's address

http://nlb.g2b.info


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

GLA Helicopter Services 2015

Reference number

GLA/HELI/0857

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Helicopter Services

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 34711500 - Helicopters
  • 35612300 - Support helicopters
  • 60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:

Helicopters. Support helicopters. Hire of air transport equipment with crew. Provision of helicopter services for the General Lighthouse Authorities in the UK and Republic of Ireland. This will be a collaborative provision. The services required include the transportation of staff, contractors and approved passengers between shore bases, ships, lighthouse stations and other sites together with personal effects, equipment, materials and other required cargo which involves under slung loads.

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Start date

1 December 2015

End date

30 November 2025

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract

Notice number: 2014/S 008-009689


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

GLA/HELI/0857

Title

Helicopter Services

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:

4 September 2014

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

PLM Dollar Group Ltd trading as PDG Helicopters

The Heliport, Dalcross Industrial Estate, Inverness

Inverness

IV2 7XB

Email

enquiries@pdghelicopters.com

Telephone

+44 667462740

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

SC157532

Internet address

www.pdghelicopters.com

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)

Total value of the procurement: £18,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

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six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Norther Lighthouse Board

84 George Street, Northern Lighthouse Board

Edinburgh

EH2 3DA

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

NLB will incorporate a minimum 10 working day standstill period (electronic transmission) or 15 working days (by postal service) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to all Tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful Tenderers to seek further debriefing from NLB before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information/debriefing has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. If this does not happen the standstill period must be extended by 3 working days from the date of the last debrief. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2992), The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations (SI 2009 No. 428) and The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2053) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the sheriff court, the Court of Session (Scotland). Any such action must be brought promptly within the time limit of 30 days from the day on which you first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings had arisen “the date of knowledge”. The Court has the discretion to extend the time limit where there is good reason for doing so, but only to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.


Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession

seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications

seven.1.1) Main CPV code

  • 60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew

seven.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 35612300 - Support helicopters
  • 60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew
  • 34711500 - Helicopters

seven.1.3) Place of performance

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:

Continuation of the Helicopters Services to ensure full review of current services and allow a new tender process to be undertaken, the current contract will be extended for 2 years .

seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Start date

30 November 2025

End date

1 December 2027

seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession:

£5,000,000

seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

PLM Dollar Group Ltd trading as PDG Helicopters

The Heliport, Dalcross Industrial Estate

Inverness

IV2 7XB

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

SC157532

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

seven.2) Information about modifications

seven.2.1) Description of the modifications

Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):

The contract will be extended by an additional 2 years to allow for a review of the services and a new tender to be undertaken.

seven.2.2) Reasons for modification

Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.

Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:

Due to the impact of Brexit the review of the services and requirements to enable continuation of services across the full GLA's UK wide and Ireland, we require a short extension to the contract to undertake the new tender process.

seven.2.3) Increase in price

Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)

Value excluding VAT: £18,000,000

Total contract value after the modifications

Value excluding VAT: £23,000,000