The Utility requires provision of certain services and the supply, operation and maintenance of appropriate associated equipment to persons with reduced mobility at George Best Belfast City Airport. The Utility requires the provision of a PRM Service operated on behalf of the airport authority for all airlines, to be delivered in line with ECAC Doc 30 and CAP1228. The services involve:

(a) meeting certain passengers in the car park and assisting them to boarding and seating them on the aircraft;

(b) disembarking of passengers requiring assistance from arriving aircraft, through the terminal, baggage collection and to onward transport; and

(c) the supply, operation and maintenance of appropriate equipment.

The contractor will need to supply (at a minimum) 2 ambilifts, an aviramp, an aisle chair and a number and range of wheelchairs, together with any other equipment which the contractor deems necessary to provide the services.

The utility has awarded the contract to a single provider to manage the provision of the PRM Services in the ‘Landside’ and ‘Airside’ areas at George Best Belfast City Airport. The scope of services to be provided are summarised in the pre-qualification questionnaire and provided in more detail in the invitation to negotiate. Qualified bidders were asked to provide costs on the basis of labour and equipment (including maintenance) costs. Qualified bidders had the opportunity to visit the site before submitting tenders. The estimated value of this procurement is on the basis of the maximum possible duration of the contract (being 5 years).