PRM Services Agreement

Tender description

BCA 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, CAP 1228 and CAP 1228a. The Services extend from meeting passengers requiring assistance in the car park and assisting them throughout their airport journey to boarding and seating them on the aircraft. The Services also require: (a) the disembarking of passengers requiring assistance from arriving aircraft, through the terminal, baggage collection and to onward transport; and (b) the supply, operation, maintenance and cleaning of appropriate equipment, such as wheelchairs, Smax chair, aviramp and ambilifts. The Contractor will need to supply (at a minimum) three 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. BCA does however own a Smax chair which the Contractor will be entitled to use during, and in accordance with the terms of, the Services Agreement. Lot 1: BCA intends to award the contract to a single provider to manage the provision of the PRM Services in the "Landside" and "Airside" areas at Belfast City Airport. The scope of services to be provided are summarised in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and will be provided in more detail in the Invitation to Negotiate. Qualified bidders will be asked to provide costs on the basis of labour and equipment (including maintenance) costs. Qualified bidders will have 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).