Royal Air Force (RAF) Centre of Aviation Medicine (CAM) Relocation - 701577386

Tender description

The purpose of this procurement, is to relocate the Royal Air Force (RAF) Centre of Aviation Medicine (CAM) from RAF Henlow to RAF Cranwell into a new purpose-built facility. This will include the design and build of the new facility at RAF Cranwell and relocation of the existing capability from RAF Henlow which may require refurbishing existing equipment or procuring new equipment to be housed in the facility to be constructed at RAF Cranwell. It is currently anticipated that there will also be a requirement to provide a support solution for the equipment to meet maintenance requirements following the relocation. The equipment to be relocated includes specialist medical aviation equipment such as Hypobaric Chambers, Multi Point Pressure Breathing Rig, and Scenario Based Hypoxia Training Rigs as well as other pieces of specialist equipment. There are also non-specialist large pieces of equipment such as Helmet Drop Rigs, and various Aircraft Cockpit Rigs as well as a range of smaller equipment will also require relocation. Further details on the range of equipment inclusive of quantities will be provided at a later stage of the procurement process. A Market Interest Day is planned for 29th October 2021 at the RAF CAM building at RAF Henlow from 10:30-13:30 (further details can be found in the Additional Information section of this Prior Information Notice). It is anticipated that the Contract Notice and associated Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ) will be issued in October 2021. The anticipated key dates for this procurement are as follows; Contract Award July 2023, completion of RAF CAM facility Construction Phase January 2026, Equipment Delivery Date June 2026 and Maintenance/Support Solution of key Equipment thereafter.