Hire of aircraft with crew

Tender description

This contract is for the provision of 2 survey aircraft and associated pilots and services to facilitate the Environment Agency remote sensing survey program through the next 5 years. The primary tasks of the required survey aircraft are terrestrial and intertidal mapping to be carried out between 1 000 and 10 000 feet throughout the UK. Aircraft are required to have an endurance of at least 5 hours although a longer endurance would be welcome. Normal operational speed is approximately 130 knots however we also require aircraft delivering fast transits will give us the greatest flexibility especially during any incident response tasks relating to flooding. Aircraft are required to have twin engines for safety reasons. Aircraft must be able to mount a variety of remote sensing equipment. We estimate our work programs to equate to 1000 - 1400 hours per annum total flying.