APPOINTMENT OF AIRPORT SPECIALIST ADVISORY AND TRANSACTION SUPPORT

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Estimated value

£15.0m

services

Awarded value

—

Suppliers

Lots

0 awarded

Published

12 Jun 2026

Deadline 08 Jul 2026

Description

Luton Rising invites tenders for a Specialist Transaction Advisory Team to shape, structure and support the delivery of a new financial and commercial arrangement for London Luton Airport (LTN) through a competitive market process to financial close. We are seeking a specialist advisory partner to work Client side to shape and take to the market a new long term financial and commercial arrangement for the future operation of this expanding key aviation asset in order to deliver best value for Luton Rising.

Scope

Reference: LR 06/26 001
Total value: £15,000,000 excluding VAT
£18,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool: Standalone contract
Contract dates: 04 Aug 2026 to 31 Dec 2029
Possible extension to 30 Sept 2032
Extension is possible where the transaction timetable these services are supporting has been delayed.
Main category: services
CPV classifications: 66110000
66120000
66171000
Contract locations: North East England, United Kingdom
North West England, United Kingdom
Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
East Midlands, United Kingdom
West Midlands, United Kingdom
East of England, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
South East England, United Kingdom
South West England, United Kingdom
Particular suitability: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

Name	Description	Type	Weighting
Market Understanding (Aviation)	Market understanding (Aviation) - demonstration of extensive track record of direct relationships with airport operators, investors, financing and advisory counterparties including examples of advice provided to or transactional engagement with these counterparties.	quality	1.00%
Technical Merit (Aviation transaction)	Technical Merit (Aviation transaction) - outline the team for this engagement detailing the directly relevant experience, competence, skills, and experience of the management professionals and analytical personnel who will be employed. Include examples of their work on comparable airport transactions and airport concessions and the relevance that may bring to Luton Rising.	quality	2.00%
Understanding the Client's requirement	Understanding the Client's requirement - detail your knowledge of Luton Airport's current and future market including passenger behaviour, investor and financing capital requirements and availability, approach to airport development and growth and operator requirements.	quality	3.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline: 25 Jun 2026, 9:00 am
Submission deadline: 08 Jul 2026, 11:00 am
Submission address: https://www.extranet.ag/ag/documentHome.action?metaData.siteID=74330&metaData.parentFolderID=2413141&metaData.moduleView=columnView&metaData.paginationNo=0&metaData.loadMoreNo=0&sortOrder=0&filterShared=0 Please also contact to access:- fiona.mcglone@lutonrising.org.uk Shirley.Dorsett@lutonrising.org.uk ↗
Electronic submission: Yes
Procedure: Open procedure