# Helicopter Services for Aerial Surveillance in Support of Plant Health Operations

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Forestry Commission \`](/buyers/forestry-commission/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Castle Air Ltd
- Award value: £1,500,000
- Tender value: £1,500,000
- Award date: 25 February 2017
- Published: 3 March 2017
- Contract start: 24 February 2017
- Contract end: 24 February 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 54988be3-fbfa-4e9a-ac1b-b1cedc62109d-133393
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4d712eeb-419d-4e2f-a9a4-e127d3d0d2f8

## Description

Supply of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and photography for plant health purposes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland\. This framework contract requires provision of helicopter services for aerial surveillance and is therefore not suitable for suppliers of UAV \(drone\) services\. Attendance at a Bidder Briefing Day is mandatory for this Framework - the Bidder Briefing Day will be held on 6th January 2017, please confirm attendance via the message centre\.

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of Lone Working System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d56a04a3-79ee-4759-8c9d-8badfa327285): Forestry Commission,
- [1\. Supply of two Unmanned Aircraft Systems \(UAS\) spraying equipment and 2\. Consultancy services support for associated Operating Safety Case development](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e2d18503-e4b1-4852-b035-4add9d11630b): FORESTRY COMMISSION
- [Supply of two portable/relocatable, external, weather-resistant, growth chambers for plants/saplings \(self-contained, walk-in growing rooms\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-23d4f5ba-7a69-4a35-85ed-e963e5537080): FORESTRY COMMISSION
- [Helicopter Services for Aerial Surveillance in Support of Plant Health Operations](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ea1eefa9-894d-419d-9877-fd4e9a69195b): Forestry England

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/54988be3-fbfa-4e9a-ac1b-b1cedc62109d-133393)