# 2nd Generation Search & Rescue Aviation \(UKSAR2G\) ITSFT

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency](/buyers/mca-maritime-and-coastguard-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Bristow Helicopters Limited](/contract-winners/bristow-helicopters/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,959,355,159
- Tender value: £1,959,355,159
- Award date: 21 July 2022
- Published: 14 September 2022
- Contract start: 22 July 2022
- Contract end: 31 December 2036
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: be630734-0594-4803-b1fe-865163483f79-571620
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-260ac757-d9ca-41cc-907c-57d2f8343198

## Description

The UK Second-Generation Search and Rescue \(UKSAR2G\) programme will procure a successor service to both the UK Search and Rescue - Helicopters \(UKSARH\) and Aerial Surveillance and Verification \(ASV\) contracts when they expire between 2024 and 2026\. These contracts provide Her Majesty's Coastguard with helicopter assets and operations to comply with international Search and Rescue \(SAR\) obligations, rescuing people in distress around the UK coast, and fixed-wing assets and operations to monitor polluting, illegal or anti-competitive activity\. MCA has developed proposals for a successor service which: 1\. moves away from the existing 'one-size-fits-all' approach, with market-led asset data; 2\. recognises the collaborative nature of SAR and how it is utilised by other government agencies; 3\. encourages maximum competition to drive value and innovation, for example use of unmanned \(drone\) assets during the lifetime of the contract; and 4\. continues to provide a service that rescues thousands of people every year\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be630734-0594-4803-b1fe-865163483f79-571620)