Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Head Office, Inverness Airport
Inverness
IV2 7JB
Contact
Daniella Peel
Telephone
+44 1667462445
Fax
+44 1667464300
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13542
one.6) Main activity
Airport-related activities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Security Quality Assurance Testing and Training
Reference number
HIA-1889
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80610000 - Training and simulation in security equipment
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) requires a Department for Transport (DfT) approved Service Provider to deliver security quality assurance testing and simulated X-ray training across our airports. All services must comply with EC300/2008 and relevant UK Civil Aviation Purchaser (CAA) standards.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £266,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73431000 - Test and evaluation of security equipment
- 80600000 - Training services in defence and security materials
- 80610000 - Training and simulation in security equipment
- 63731000 - Airport operation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
Highlands and Islands, and Dundee
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
HIAL requires a qualified and DfT approved Service Provider to deliver security quality assurance testing and simulated X-ray training across eight airports in the Highlands and Islands region, and Dundee Airport. All services must comply with EC300/2008 and relevant UK Civil Aviation Purchaser (CAA) standards.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The reason for a non-competitive award due to technical reasons is that confirmation was received in December 2024 from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) at the Airports UK Security Meeting, that there is only one DfT approved supplier in the UK that provides a combined QA testing and training package – Redline Assured Security. The HIAL Procurement Team investigated and were able to confirm that Redline Assured Security are the only local supplier that could be found via online searches who provide quality assurance testing services and are also named on the CAA list of approved training providers.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-060248
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 September 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Redline Assured Security
The National Security Training Centre, First Avenue, Robin Hood Airport
Doncaster
DN9 3RH
Telephone
+44 1302288360
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £266,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:814737)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Inverness Justice Centre
Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Telephone
+44 1463230782
Country
United Kingdom