Ireland – Piloted aircraft – Department of Defence - Competition for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and broader utility use

This is a Call for Tender for the supply to the Irish Air Corps of a new Jet Aircraft for Ministerial Air Transport and Broader Utility Use. The Irish Air Corps (IAC) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Through a fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, it provides support to the Army and Naval Service, together with air services such as police air support, air ambulance, fisheries protection and MATS. The Minister for Defence invites requests to participate from economic operators for the supply of one new jet aircraft to be operated by the IAC with a basic minimum of two engines and an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), a passenger seating capacity of no less than 10 seats, an unrefuelled range of no less than 4,000 nautical miles with a payload equivalent of 8 passengers with standard luggage, and the capability of being fitted with a Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) and secure digital communications. Basic services to include associated crew training to include pilots, flight attendants and maintenance personnel and a maintenance support contract to include airframe, engines, APU and avionics. The aircraft will primarily be for the delivery of the Ministerial Air Transport Service with additional broader utility to include but not limited to: non-combatant evacuation operations of Irish citizens from critical situations in limited instances, medical evacuation or repatriation of Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed on overseas missions, logistics support for transport of sensitive material/resupplies to Defence Forces overseas missions, and air ambulance patient transfers. Please note that: Tenderers must associate themselves with this Competition on the eTenders website in order to access the tender documents, ask and receive clarifications and submit a tender response. This can only be done via login. All responses must be submitted in a zipped file format. The Contracting Authority are not in a position to answer queries marked confidential.