The Provision of Shadow Licensed Engineer (LE) Training for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Actuation and Reconnaissance (ISTAR)

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Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: II.2.4 Instead of: Description of procurement: The RAF is seeking a 1 year contract with a 1 year Option for the provision of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved Part 66 Civilian Licence training for both B1 and B2 engineers, including undertaking of examination, and Ab Initio training for RAF Engineers prior to undertaking Type Certification for Shadow R1, a King Air airframe. The contract is to commence on 1st September 2016. Suppliers must have an EASA Part 147 approved civilian licence and deliver a classroom-based course that is Civil Aviation Authority authorised, through a qualified lecturer. References required for this particular training are as follows: • EASA Aircraft Type Ratings for Part-66 aircraft maintenance licence (Part 66) • EASA Maintenance Training Organisation: Part 147 Approvals (MTOA) (Part 147) • EASA Part-145 Maintenance Organisation Approvals (MOA) (Part 145) The courses are to run for 10 to 12 months (or academic year) and cater for up to 10 students. Read: Description of procurement: The RAF is seeking a 1 year contract with a 1 year Option for the provision of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved Part 66 Civilian Licence training for both B1 and B2 engineers, including undertaking of examination, and Ab Initio training for RAF Engineers prior to undertaking Type Certification for Shadow R1, a King Air airframe. The contract is to commence on 19th September 2016. Suppliers must have an EASA Part 147 approved civilian licence and deliver a classroom-based course that is Civil Aviation Authority authorised, through a qualified lecturer. References required for this particular training are as follows: • EASA Aircraft Type Ratings for Part-66 aircraft maintenance licence (Part 66) • EASA Maintenance Training Organisation: Part 147 Approvals (MTOA) (Part 147) • EASA Part-145 Maintenance Organisation Approvals (MOA) (Part 145) The courses are to run for 10 to 12 months (or academic year) and cater for up to 10 students. Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for compet