701945451 - Medium to fast speed Operational Readiness Training (ORT) aerial support service

The Authority is seeking to procure a medium to fast speed Operational Readiness Training (ORT) aerial support service, to enable interim Red Air aggressor training for the RAF. This service will need to include Air-to-Air, Target, Threat Simulation and Mission Augmentation training. This is an urgent requirement, and an interim contract is being sought to meet this. Further details on the requirement are available in the '701945451-Full description of the procurement' document attached to the Defence Sourcing Portal opportunity - this is available at www.contracts.mod.uk/ Quantity or scope: The service will be required to meet the following mandatory technical requirements: • Delivery of an estimated 2000 flying hours (per annum, including transit time) with a maximum of 4 simultaneous sortie rate and up to 12 sorties daily in a 15-hour flying window. The flying window will need to be a flexible window, to meet customer demand. • Aircraft must deliver sustainable Air Vehicle Availability (AVA) across an indicative performance window, with aircraft and avionics available consistently throughout the day. • An Air Safety Management System, or equivalent, is required for the aircraft. • CAA or MAA accreditation for the proposed aircraft and activities, with aircraft ready to commence operations in early Summer 2022. There is no ability for MOD to actively assist with the accreditation process; the expectation is that the registration is already complete or in progress. • Available to commence contract activities from a UK base within a 30-minute transit time to D323 North Sea training complex. Suppliers will be required to source their own basing and infrastructure solution. • Operations able to commence Summer 2022. • The aircraft proposed must be equipped with air-to-air radar, radar warning equipment. The radar will require: o A Pulse-Doppler (PD) system in the frequency band around 9.9 GHz, and capable of Low, Medium and High Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF), that is detectable as a radar and excites Combat Air platform mission data systems. o Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)/Radar Warning Equipment (RWE) capable of receiving within the 2-18 GHz frequency band. o TSPI Data Device capable of providing TSPI data, downloadable within 60 minutes of landing, to enable post-mission debriefing. • Aircraft must be able to meet the performance envelope detailed in the '701945451-Full description of the procurement' document on the Defence Sourcing Portal, available here - www.contracts.mod.uk/ The scope of this requirement includes three, one year options to extend.