Provision of a helicopter service for Home Office trials

Background:

The Home Office seek to hire helicopter support for 5 days during a two week trial from 7th – 18th December 2015. The helicopter will be required to undertake multiple surveys of the trial site carrying each of three specified pieces of equipment and at least one passenger, who will be using the equipment while airborne.

Key Details:

Prospective organisations must be able to provide the following helicopter service;

• The helicopter must be present for a period of 5 days, between 7th - 18th December 2015 at a site in Essex;

• The helicopter must carry out multiple surveys of the site, at heights of 50 – 2000 ft, as directed during the trials.

• During surveys, one of three pieces of equipment must be carried inside the aircraft, whose weight and dimensions are specified (all < 100kg), alongside a minimum of one passenger who will be using the equipment during flight.

• The supplier must be responsible for proposing and achieving the means to carry and operate the equipment safely and within regulations, including securing any and all necessary CAA/EASA approvals for the flights. The Home Office will work with the supplier to provide any required information on the equipment to be flown.

Expressions of interest must include full contact details and detail the following:

Responses shall be sent to HOSProcurement@HomeOffice.gsi.gov.uk quoting HOS/15/046 in the subject line on a word document by Friday 9th October 2015.